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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Rolsch LS3A · Cedar Valley, UT · June 24, 2009

Date
June 24, 2009 · 14:00 local
Place
Cedar Valley, UT
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N800JM
Reported as
Rolsch LS3A
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
108 total45 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) At approximately 1400Z on the 24th of June 2009 glider N800JM was being towed by N8786X a Cessna 182 at south Cedar Valley airport, UT. At approximately 50 feet the glider pilot felt that he was in a position high and to the right of the tow plane causing an unsafe condition then manually releasing from the tow a/c. privacy data omitted Made a left 90 degree turn to land in a wheat field. He felt that he was high and fast, deciding to use full slats and flaps, which caused the glier to descend in to the field at a high rate, impacting the ground nose low breaking privacy data omittedprivacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1400Z ON THE 24TH OF JUNE 2009 GLIDER N800JM WAS BEING TOWED BY N8786X A CESSNA 182 AT SOUTH CEDAR VALLEY AIRPORT, UT. AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET THE GLIDER PILOT FELT THAT HE WAS IN A POSITION HIGH AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE TOW PLANE CAUSING AN UNSAFE CONDITION THEN MANUALLY RELEASING FROM THE TOW A/C. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A LEFT 90 DEGREE TURN TO LAND IN A WHEAT FIELD. HE FELT THAT HE WAS HIGH AND FAST, DECIDING TO USE FULL SLATS AND FLAPS, WHICH CAUSED THE GLIER TO DESCEND IN TO THE FIELD AT A HIGH RATE, IMPACTING THE GROUND NOSE LOW BREAKING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^