# Accident 20110705015639A: Schleicher ASW-28, Huguenot, NY, July 5, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2011, 16:30 local time
- Place: Huguenot, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4056° N, 74.6353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4056&lon=-74.6353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41ZX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER ASW-28
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA381) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110705015639A

## Narrative

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

AFTER LOSING UPDRAFTS ,PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD.PILOT STATED HE TURNED BASE AND FINAL TO CLOSE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN UN STABILIZED  APPROACH. GLIDER LANDED LONG AND FAST, SKIDDED  BEYOND FIELD THRU 2 FENCES. FENCE BROKE CANOPY WHICH CUT PILOTS FOREHEAD.

## 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 ERA11CA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA381), Jul 5, 2011: Schleicher ASW-28 (N41ZX), Hugguenot, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point during a tailwind landing.

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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