# Accident 20070804017789A: Sphrth VENTUS2C, Greensboro, VT, August 4, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2007, 17:00 local time
- Place: Greensboro, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6000° N, 72.2500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6000&lon=-72.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60LK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH VENTUS2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070804017789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTING THE WARREN-SUGARBUSH GLIDERPORT (0B7) ON A LOCAL CROSS COUNTRY GLIDER FLIGHT TO MT. WASHINGTON, NH AND BACK TO 0B7, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED INCREASING HEADWINDS ON HIS RETURN LEG. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN LOSING LIFT AND AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING BECAME NECESSARY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HIGH HEADWINDS AND DECREASING LIFT. THE PILOT SPOTTED A GRASS FIELD AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL OFF-AIRPORT LANDING BUT ON THE ROLL-OUT THE LEFT WING CONTACTED HIGHER TERRAIN. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP WHICH DAMAGED THE TAILBOOM AND RUDDER.

## 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 NYC07CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA186), Aug 4, 2007: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2C (N60LK), Greensboro, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to divert to a suitable landing area. Contributing to the accident was the uneven terrain of the forced landing site.

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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