# Incident 20020720029769I: Schler ASW15, Indianapolis, IN, July 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2002, 13:30 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis Terry Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8178, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8178) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-15 (registry code 38015HZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASW15
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020720029769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INVESTIGATED REPORT OF LANDING INCIDENT INVOLVING SINGLE-SEAT GLIDER AT INDIANAPOLIS TERRY AIRPORT. PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED, RESULTING IN AN INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AND "BALLOON" TO A SECOND HARD LANDING WHICH CAUSED THE CANOPY TO SEPARATE FROM THE GLIDER. AFTER THIRD TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT CAUGHT RIGHT WINGTIP IN TALL GRASS, RESULTING IN A 170 DEGREE GROUNDLOOP. PILOT HAD THE WIND KNOCKED OUT OF HER, BUT SUFFERED NO INJURIES.

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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