# Incident 20100417041659I: Schweizer SGU 2-22E, Lafayette, IN, April 17, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2010, 14:15 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Timberhouse Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2850° N, 86.8564° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TIMBER HOUSE (31IN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2850&lon=-86.8564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2748R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2748R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGU 2-22E (registry code 8050612, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgu-2-22e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGU 2-22E
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,447 total, 8 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100417041659I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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