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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Schleicher ASW-27 · Eden, UT · July 22, 2011

Date
July 22, 2011 · 17:24 local
Place
Eden, UT
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N797V
Reported as
Schleicher ASW-27
Reported engine
NONE NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

The pilot stated that he lost lift and picked a field to land in. However upon touchdown the pilot stated that he realized that the filed contain many large rocks. The aircraft came to rest in a rocky field and substanital damage to the aircraft's tail boom and body resulted. There was no injuries to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST LIFT AND PICKED A FIELD TO LAND IN. HOWEVER UPON TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REALIZED THAT THE FILED CONTAIN MANY LARGE ROCKS.THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A ROCKY FIELD AND SUBSTANITAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL BOOM AND BODY RESULTED. THERE WAS NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.