# Accident 20100528038049A: Schweizer SGS 1-36, Jacksonville, FL, May 28, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2010, 15:15 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Cecil Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2186° N, 81.8767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2186&lon=-81.8767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36204, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36204) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,073 total, 60 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA291) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100528038049A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1515 EDT, SCHWEIZER, SGS 1-36 GLIDER REGISTRATION NUMBER N36204, S/N 35, PILOTED BY ROBERT C HARTWIG WAS ON DECENT TO HEG  IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.  THE PILOT NOTIFIED KVQQ TOWER THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE HEG AND REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 9L.  CLEARANCE WAS GIVEN BY TOWER, 20 MINUTES LATER TOWER CONTACTED PILOT AND ASKED WHY HE HADN'T LANDED.  PILOT REPLYED THAT HE HAD LANDED ON THE PERIMENTER FENCING WEST OF RUNWAY.MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA10CA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA291), May 28, 2010: Schweizer SGS 1-36 (N36204), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The glider pilot’s delayed decision to divert following a loss of thermal lift.

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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