# Accident 20050410005929A: Schler ASW19, Kitrell, NC, April 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2005, 15:15 local time
- Place: Kitrell, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2181° N, 78.3986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2181&lon=-78.3986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19HG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19HG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-19 (registry code 3801508, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASW19
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 130 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050410005929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED BALL FIELD AT APPROXIMATELY 16:53 UTC (12:35 LOCAL). AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND DEPARTED THE AREA AND BEGAN A PROCEDURE KNOWN AS "THERMALLING", WHICH IS BASICALLY CLIMBING WHILE CIRCLING IN THERMAL LIFT. THE LIFT BEGAN DECREASING AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. DURING THE RETURN FLIGHT, HE ENCOUNTERED WHAT IS KNOWN AS "SINK" WHICH IS BASICALLY A DESCENDING AIRMASS. WITH INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO REACH THE FIELD, THE PILOT ELECTED TO ATTEMPT AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING TO A 1500' X 500' FIELD. HE APPROACHED WITH EXCESS AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TOUCH DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE FIELD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED A ROAD AT THE FAR END OF THE FIELD AND IMPACTED TREES ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROAD. RDU AFSS (RALEIGH) DURHAM INTERNATIONAL) OFFERS A SOARING FORECAST TAILORTED TO THE NEEDS OF GLIDER PILOTS, HOWEVER, THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE THIS FORECAST NOR ANY OTHER OFFICIAL WEATHER BRIEFING FOR THIS FLIGHT.

## 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 ATL05CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA072), Apr 10, 2005: Schleicher ASW19b (N19HG), Henderson, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the landing area which resulted in overshooting the touchdown point. A factor was the in-flight encounter with weather (No thermal lift).

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.