# Accident 20040912030329A: Schler KA6CR, La Grange, GA, September 12, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2004, 13:23 local time
- Place: La Grange, GA
- Airport: Callaway Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0147° N, 85.0767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0147&lon=-85.0767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23Z-2006-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher K 6 CR (registry code 3801535, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-k-6-cr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER KA6CR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 568 total, 5 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040912030329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A WITNESS STATED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1323, PIC WAS ON DOWNWIND LEG APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 LAGRANGE-CALLAWAY AIRPORT. PIC WAS FLYING AT APPROXIMATELY 150' THE GLIDER ZOOMED UP APPROXIMATELY 50' AND STARTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN TO BASE LEG. AT THIS POINT THE GLIDER ENTERED INTO A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING LOW, LEFT HAND ROTATION SPIN. THE GLIDER MADE APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREES OF ROTATION COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AT 90 DEGREES NOSE DOWN DEMOLISHING THE GLIDER AND CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TO THE PIC.

## 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 ATL04LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA178), Sep 12, 2004: Schleicher K6-CR (N23Z), LaGrange, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft which resulted in a stall and subsequent impact with terrain. Factors were the pilot's impairment due to marijuana and his unreported mental…

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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