20030112007529I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scwzer SGS233A · Waynesboro, VA · January 12, 2003

Date: January 12, 2003 · 14:00 local
Place: Waynesboro, VA
Airport: Waynesboro Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3619T
Reported as: Scwzer SGS233A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 516 total5 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

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) Mr. Groves was flying the aircraft from takeoff until Mr. Neville asked to take the controls on final approach into W13. Mr. Neville felt that the glider was too high for landing and elected to take the controls, deployed the speed brakes, and side slipped the aircraft. Over the approach end of the runway the nose was straightened, however the high sink rate developed from the slip was not arrested, which resulted in a hard landing. Neither pilot was injured and the aircraft damage was minor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. GROVES WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT FROM TAKEOFF UNTIL MR. NEVILLE ASKED TO TAKE THE CONTROLS ON FINAL APPROACH INTO W13. MR. NEVILLE FELT THAT THE GLIDER WAS TOO HIGH FOR LANDING AND ELECTED TO TAKE THE CONTROLS, DEPLOYED THE SPEED BRAKES, AND SIDE SLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT. OVER THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY THE NOSE WAS STRAIGHTENED, HOWEVER THE HIGH SINK RATE DEVELOPED FROM THE SLIP WAS NOT ARRESTED, WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR.