# Accident 20100813042979A: Schweizer SGS 1-34, Clermont, FL, August 13, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2010, 11:15 local time
- Place: Clermont, FL
- Airport: Seminole Lake Gliderport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4058° N, 81.8378° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4058&lon=-81.8378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65916, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65916-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (registry code 8050146, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS 1-34
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA419](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA419) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100813042979A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER LANDED TO THE SOUTH ON RUNWAY 018 AFTER THE LEFT WING CAME IN CONTACT WITH A TREE DURING LANDING APPROACH. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT SEMINOLE LAKE GLIDER PORT (6FLO).  VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO NOSE SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE, LEFT WING, COCKPIT, CANOPY, AND EMPENNAGE.

## 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 ERA10CA419](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA419), Aug 13, 2010: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (N65916), Groveland, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to attain the proper approach path to the runway, resulting in landing short of the runway.

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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