# Accident 20060805027859A: Schemp DISCUSB, Tipton, IN, August 5, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2006, 15:45 local time
- Place: Tipton, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3428° N, 86.0736° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3428&lon=-86.0736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888TK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888TK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B (registry code 38019VN, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-discus-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMP DISCUSB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 116 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060805027859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 5, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1545 LOCAL TIME, A SCHEMPP-DISCUS-B GLIDER, N888TK, OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^, MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A CORNFIELD NEAR TIPTON, IN. THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE PILOT DEPARTED HIS BASE AT ALEXANDRIA, IN AND WAS SOARING TOWARDS A WESTERLY DIRECTION WHEN THE GLIDER LOST LIFT AND BEGAN TO DESCEND. THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED "SINK" WHILE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO A SUITABLE FIELD AND WAS FORCED TO PUT DOWN IN A CORNFIELD LANDING HARD.

## 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 CHI06CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA219), Aug 5, 2006: Shempp-Hirth Discuss B (N888TK), Tipton, IN, minor damage. Probable cause: The glider pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue searching for thermal lift, instead of landing when the glider was in range of a suitable landing area. Contributing factors to the accident…

## Other reports on N888TK (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120622013839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120622013839I), Jun 22, 2012: Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B (N888TK), Alexandria, IN, No damage. Airmen returned to the airport because the thermal activity was decreasing. During the arrival, he applied partial spoiler to adjust his approach for landing.…

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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