# Incident 20100403005009I: Schleicher ASW-20, Sterling, MA, April 3, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2010, 18:16 local time
- Place: Sterling, MA
- Airport: Sterling
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4259° N, 71.7929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STERLING (3B3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4259&lon=-71.7929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3252N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3252N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-20 (registry code 3801506, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER ASW-20
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,214 total, 735 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100403005009I

## Narrative

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

MR. KOEPPER STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING HIS GLIDER AT STERLING, MA (3B3).  ON APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 16 MR. KOEPPER STATED HE SET THE FLAPS TOO EARLY AND LANDED IN THE TREES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  FIRE AND RESCUE ASSISTED MR. KOEPPER OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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