# Accident 20050508012709A: Schemp DISCUS2B, Peoria, AZ, May 8, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: Peoria, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9250° N, 112.3100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9250&lon=-112.3100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15MM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMP DISCUS2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,052 total, 310 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050508012709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE SCHEMPP-HIRTH DISCUS 2B GLIDER LANDED SHORT OF THE AIRPORT DURING A ROUND-ROBIN CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A DESCENDING AIRMASS OF ABOUT 700 TO 800 FEET PER MINUTE AND WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE AIRPORT. THE GLIDER RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE OFF-AIRPORT FORCED LANDING THAT ENSUED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 LAX05CA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA161), May 9, 2005: Schempp-Hirth Discus 2b (N15MM), Peoria, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the glider pilot encountered a downdraft that forced him to land in rough terrain.

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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