# Accident 20100515033811A: Schweizer SGS 1-36, Reno, NV, May 15, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2010, 17:30 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8667° N, 119.7000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8667&lon=-119.7000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3617E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3617E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-36 (registry code 8050153, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS 1-36
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 1 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100515033811A

## Narrative

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

EYE WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT REPORTED THAT DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 3 THAT THE PILOT VEERED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A PARKED GLIDER N2509H, ON ITS BACK JUST AFT OF THE COCKPIT.  THEN BOUNCED UP IN THE AIR AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 300 MORE FEET AND STRUCK A SECOND GLIDER N7115, IN ITS CONTAINER AND CAME TO REST.  PILOT REPORTED DURING A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE REPORTING INSPECTOR THAT HE LANDED ON THE WRONG RUNWAY WITH A TAIL WIND AND THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS HIS FAULT.

## 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 WPR10CA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA244), May 16, 2010: Schweizer SGS136 (N3617E), Reno, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s selection of the wrong runway for the wind conditions and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Contributing to the accident was the student's lack of total…

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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