# Incident 20020608014569I: Schler KA8B, Tullahoma, TN, June 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Tullahoma, TN
- Airport: Tullahoma Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3734° N, 86.2183° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tullahoma, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3734&lon=-86.2183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8747, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8747) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth KA8B (registry code 38019VL, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ka8b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER KA8B
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 1 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020608014569I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 06-08-02, STUDENT PILOT MICHAEL F. KIRSCH, WHILE ON HIS THIRD SOLO FLIGHT IN AN KAB8 GLIDER, N8747, LANDED HARD IN THE GRASSY AREA SHORT OF PAVEMENT OF RUNWAY 14 AT TULLAHOMA, TN. THIS GRASSY AREA IS USED BY GLIDERS FOR TAKEOFF AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 14. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT DURING HIS FINAL APPROACH, HE CAME IN A LITTLE SLOW FOR THE GUSTY CONDITIONS AND DURING THE FLARE ALLOWED THE SPEED TO GET BELOW THE STALL SPEED AND FELL THE FINAL FEET TO THE GROUND. THE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED BY THE INSTRUCTOR TO BE 160 DEGREES AT 10 KTS GUSTING TO 15 KTS. A TWO FOOT SECTION OF ALUMINUM TUBE IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE FUSELAGE TO EMPENAGE SECTION BENT UNDER COMPRESSION IN THE HARD LANDING. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO FABRIC AND WOOD FORMERS.

## Other reports on N8747 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020928032299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020928032299A), Sep 28, 2002: Schler KA8B (N8747), Tullahoma, TN, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 28, 2002, at 1130 CDT, at Tullahoma-highland rim regional airport, student pilot david a. ball piloted N8747 on his 17th solo flight. He…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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