# Accident 20030526010939A: Pdp SZD503, Minden, NV, May 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2003, 13:38 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Douglas County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0003° N, 119.7508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0003&lon=-119.7508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N503HC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N503HC-2010-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-50-3 (registry code 8821647, https://openairdocs.org/model/pdps-pzl-bielsko-szd-50-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PDP SZD503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,695 total, 35 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030526010939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 26, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:38 PDT, DANA M. PEIRSON, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND GREGG E. MARYNIAK A PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVING GLIDER INSTRUCTION DEPARTED RUNWAY 30 AT MINDEN-TAHOE AIRPORT, MINDEN, NV. DURING THE INITIAL TOW, THE GLIDER GOT OUT A NORMAL TOW POSITION, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STRUGGLED WITH MR. MARYNIAK FOR FLIGHT CONTROL, AND IN THE PROCESS RELEASED THE GLIDER FROM THE TOW PLANE. DUE TO THE LOW ALTITUDE THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR MADE AN OFF FIELD LANDING. MR. MARYNIAK RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 LAX03LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA165), May 26, 2003: PZL-Bielsko SZD-50-3 (N503HC), Minden, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to adequately supervise the student, which resulted in the improper deployment of the spoilers by the student. A factor was the high vegetation on the landing surface.

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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