# Accident 20120405005689A: Fisher HP-14 SAILPLANE, Nampa, ID, April 5, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2012, 16:52 local time
- Place: Nampa, ID
- Airport: Nampa Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5813° N, 116.5231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAMPA MUNI (MAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5813&lon=-116.5231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N990 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FISHER HP-14 SAILPLANE
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 405 total, 178 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120405005689A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT OCURRED AT THE END OF A 2.9 HOUR FLIGHT THAT STARTED AND ENDED AT NAMPA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MAN). THE FLIGHT BEGAN WITH AN AEROTOW TO 4,000 MSL (1500 AGL) AND COVERED AN AREA BETWEEN NAMPA, IDAHO AND ONTARIO, OREGON. SOARING FLIGHT ALTITUDES VARIED FROM RELEASE TO AROUND 8,000 MSL.THE DECENT TO LANDING COMMENCED FROM 8,500 MSL AT A POSITION 4.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAMPA (MAN). THE DOWNWIND WAS ENTERED AT 3,800 MSL AT 55 KTS., TURNED BASE LEG AT 3,000 MSL AT 50 KTS. AND FINAL AT 2,800 MSL AT 50 KTS.ON FINAL THE FLAPS WERE SET 40 DEGREES. AS THE APPROACH CONTINUED THE PILOT FELT HE WAS GOING TO LAND FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY THAN DESIRED SO MORE FLAP WAS ADDED. THE SINK RATE SUDDENLY INCREASED AND THEN AVAILABLE ENERGY WAS DEPLETED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE HARD LANDING OFF RUNWAY CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE THEN RESULTING IN THE RIGHT WING CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN YAWED SEVERELY FINALLY MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND SLIDING APPROXAMATLY ANOTHER 50 FEET. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT REALIZED THE FLAPS HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO THE 90 DEGREE POSITION. THIS WAS 30 DEGREES MORE THAN INTENDED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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