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FAA incident report · Schweizer SGU 2-22E · Lafayette, IN · April 17, 2010

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Date
April 17, 2010 · 14:15 local
Place
Lafayette, IN
Airport
Timberhouse Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2748R
Reported as
Schweizer SGU 2-22E
Reported engine
NONE NONE
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,447 total8 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days
N2748RRegistered now · Schweizer SGU 2-22ES/N 168 · Built 1963Airframe modelSchweizer SGU 2-22EEngine modelNONENone

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What happened

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

The glider was on short final with a relatively strong quartering headwindand associated gusts. Approach speed was calculated to be fifty knots. At approximately 5 to 6 feet above the ground the wind gradient dropped off rapidly and the glider fell to theground impacting on the nose skid which was damaged due to the hard landing. The glider slid forapproximately fifty feet on the nose skid coming to rest in an upright position.

As the FAA filed it

THE GLIDER WAS ON SHORT FINAL WITH A RELATIVELY STRONG QUARTERING HEADWINDAND ASSOCIATED GUSTS. APPROACH SPEED WAS CALCULATED TO BE FIFTY KNOTS. AT APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 6 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE WIND GRADIENT DROPPED OFF RAPIDLY AND THE GLIDER FELL TO THEGROUND IMPACTING ON THE NOSE SKID WHICH WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE HARD LANDING. THE GLIDER SLID FORAPPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET ON THE NOSE SKID COMING TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.