# Incident 20030112007529I: Scwzer SGS233A, Waynesboro, VA, January 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Waynesboro, VA
- Airport: Waynesboro Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0672° N, 78.9014° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waynesboro, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0672&lon=-78.9014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3619T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 516 total, 5 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030112007529I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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