20020919028279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr PW5GLIDER · Loch Lomond, CA · September 19, 2002

Date
September 19, 2002 · 14:15 local
Place
Loch Lomond, CA
Airport
Paul Hoberg Airport
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N115TM
Reported as
Amtr PW5GLIDER
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot was attempting to land. Pilot misjudged altitude, stalled and spun in. (Information was determined with the help of a pilot examiner who was familiar with the GPS which was on board the aircraft). Pilot was seriously injured, aircraft was substantially damaged, visual meteorological conditions prevailed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND. PILOT MISJUDGED ALTITUDE, STALLED AND SPUN IN. (INFORMATION WAS DETERMINED WITH THE HELP OF A PILOT EXAMINER WHO WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE GPS WHICH WAS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT). PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.