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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Schweizer SGS 1-23D · Lewisburg, NC · May 29, 2011

Date
May 29, 2011 · 16:00 local
Place
Lewisburg, NC
Airport
Ball Airfeild
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N91829
Reported as
Schweizer SGS 1-23D
Reported engine
NONE NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
40 total20 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During the landing phase the student pilot stated that he may have left the dive breaks out (spoilers) too long which caused the glider to stall 10 feet above the ground.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE LANDING PHASE THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE LEFT THE DIVE BREAKS OUT (SPOILERS) TOO LONG WHICH CAUSED THE GLIDER TO STALL 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.