# Accident 20020907025089A: Sphrth VENTUSB, Peoria, AZ, September 7, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2002, 16:15 local time
- Place: Peoria, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0353° N, 112.0428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0353&lon=-112.0428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114RP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N114RP-2004-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B (registry code 3802051, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH VENTUSB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA277) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020907025089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2002 @ APPROX 16:15 MR. HEYDRICH WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING IN HIS VENTUS-B GLIDER ON THE 10 LANE BOAT RAMP AT LAKE PLEASANT IN PEORIA, AZ. WITNESS STATED THAT MR. HEYDRICH MADE A PASS OVER THE BOAT RAMP HEADING FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH AND THAT ABOUT HALF WAY ACROSS THE LAKE THE GLIDER MADE AN ABRUPT NOSE UP, THEN HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE WATER. THE GLIDER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS KILLED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX02LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA277), Sep 7, 2002: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-B (N114RP), Peoria, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's abrupt maneuver, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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