# Accident 20100804047652A: Schempp-Hir VENTUS-2B, Batesville, TX, August 4, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2010, 18:20 local time
- Place: Batesville, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0436° N, 99.6719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0436&lon=-99.6719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7470C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7470C-2017-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B (registry code 3802053, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMPP-HIR VENTUS-2B
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA459](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA459) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100804047652A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FATALLY INJURED AFTER MIDAIR COLLISION WHILE PARTICIPATING IN A GLIDER RACE.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND INVERTED WITH CANOPY INTACT AND PILOT HARNESS FASTENED. N8829A WAS THE OTHER AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE MIDAIR COLLISION AND MADE A SUCCESFUL LANDING WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR OF N8829A WERE SEVERED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8829A, Alexander S ASW 27-18: [Accident 20100804047871A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100804047871A)

## 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 CEN10LA459](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA459), Aug 4, 2010: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B (N7470C), Batesville, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Both glider pilots' inability to see and avoid the other resulting in a mid-air collision.

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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