# Incident 20100615036332I: Schempp-Hir VENTUS 2CT, Parowan, UT, June 15, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2010, 15:33 local time
- Place: Parowan, UT
- Airport: Parowan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9800° N, 111.5317° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9800&lon=-111.5317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N514TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N514TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2CT (registry code 3800267, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-2ct) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMPP-HIR VENTUS 2CT
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 680 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100615036332I

## Narrative

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

ON TUESDAY JUNE 15, 2010 AT 1533 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, N455S A SCHLEICHER ALEXANDER GMBH & CO. MODEL ASH 26 E GLIDER PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND N514TW A SCHEMPP-HIRTH MODEL VENTUS 2CT GLIDER PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION APPROXIMATELY 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF PAROWAN UTAH.  NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED. BOTH PILOTS WERE THE SOLE OCCUPANTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE GLIDERS.  N455S SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, BUT N514TW HAD ONLY SUPERFICIAL MINOR DAMAGE. BOTH PILOTS WERE OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. BOTH GLIDERS DEPARTED PAROWAN, UTAH ABOUT THREE HOURS PRIOR TO THE COLLISION, AND PAROWAN WAS THE PLANNED FINAL DESTINATION FOR BOTH PILOTS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.ACCORDING TO BOTH PILOTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE PARTICIPATING IN A GLIDER COMPETITION TASK THAT REQUIRED THEM TO DEPART A POINT NEAR PAROWAN, FLY TO A POINT ABOUT 90 MILES NORTHEAST OF PAROWAN, AND THEN RETURN TO PAROWAN FOR LANDING.  BOTH PILOTS WERE FLYING BACK TO PAROWAN AFTER REACHING THE TURNAROUND POINT WHEN THEY ENTERED THE SAME THERMAL AND BEGAN TO CLIMB.  DURING THEIR FIRST FULL 360 DEGREE TURN IN THE THERMAL, THE LEFT WING OF N455S AND THE NOSE OF N514TW CAME IN CONTACT.  FOR N455S, THE IMPART RESULTED IN THE SEPARATION OF THE OUTBOARD THREE FEET OF THE LEFT WING INCLUDING THE OUTBOARD TWO FEET OF THE LEFT AILERON.  IN ADDITION THERE WAS ONE FOOT OF DE-LAMINATION OF THE LEADING EDGE SKIN FROM THE WING SPAR ON THE LEFT WING. FOR N514TW, THE IMPACT RESULTED IN THREE SMALL AREAS OF MINOR SUPERFICIAL SCRATCHES ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT NOSE.      THE PILOTS OF BOTH GLIDERS WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO PAROWAN, UTAH WHERE THEY BOTH COMPLETED UNEVENTFUL LANDINGS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N455S, Schleicher ASH 26 E: [Accident 20100615036242A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100615036242A)

## 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 WPR10LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA294), Jun 15, 2010: Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2CT (N514TW), Parowan, UT, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid the other glider climbing in the same thermal.

## Other reports on N514TW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20200511003469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200511003469A), May 11, 2020: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2CT (N514TW), Stuarts Draft, VA, Destroyed. Pilot departed (2VA3) in merlin, VA. Upon crossing a ridge line into waynesboro, VA at approx 8000 ft MSL the pilot was unable to gain lift and began losing…

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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