# Accident 20090629009559A: Sphrth VENTUS2CM, Parowan, UT, June 29, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2009, 20:30 local time
- Place: Parowan, UT
- Airport: Parowan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8981° N, 112.7767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8981&lon=-112.7767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68MP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68MP-2011-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2CM (registry code 3802001, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-2cm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Solo 2625 01 (registry code 58108, https://openairdocs.org/engine/solo-2625-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH VENTUS2CM
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA317) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090629009559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 6TH, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 2030Z ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOTED N68MP AT A GLIDER COMPETITION IN PAROWN, UT.  THE GLIDER HAD A SELF CONTAINED ENGINE THAT WAS OT OPERATING CORRECTLY, SO THE PILOT OPERATED TO STORE IT AND BE TOWED INTO THE AIR.  THE TOW INTO THE AIR WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL THE GLIDER RELEASED 200 FEET BEFORE THE AGREED ALTITUDE.  THE TOW PILOT WAS SEARCHING FOR THE GLIDER ABOVE THE TOW AIRCRAFT, FINALLY SEEING THE GLIDER BELOW IN A LEFT TURN AND IN A SERIES OF STALL AND NOSE DOWN RECOVERIES THE TOW AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO CIRCLE THE GLIDER ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS AS THE GLIDER IMPACTED THE GROUND, DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 WPR09LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA317), Jun 29, 2009: Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2CM (N68MP), Paragonah, UT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The glider departed controlled flight for undetermined reasons.

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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