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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Elliotts Of Newbury OLYMPIA II · Elmira, NY · July 6, 2012

Date: July 6, 2012 · 13:00 local
Place: Elmira, NY
Airport: Harris Hill
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N606BG
Reported as: Elliotts Of Newbury Olympia II
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,400 total66 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N606BGRegistered now · Elliotts Of Newbury OLYMPIA IIS/N 078 Airframe modelElliotts Of Newbury OLYMPIA II

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What happened

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

Pilot elected to stretch downwind leg and land behind another glider. Pilot stated on turning on the short base, airspeed was 5O KTS and satisfactory. Final approach seemed satisfactory but when he rounded out to land, the glider stalled. Pilot stated he allowed himself to be misled by upward slope of runway and was pitching up excessively and entered stall, landing hard, braking the tail fuselage section.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ELECTED TO STRETCH DOWNWIND LEG AND LAND BEHIND ANOTHER GLIDER. PILOT STATED ON TURNING ON THE SHORT BASE, AIRSPEED WAS 5O KTS AND SATISFACTORY. FINAL APPROACH SEEMED SATISFACTORY BUT WHEN HE ROUNDED OUT TO LAND, THE GLIDER STALLED. PILOT STATED HE ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE MISLED BY UPWARD SLOPE OF RUNWAY AND WAS PITCHING UP EXCESSIVELY AND ENTERED STALL, LANDING HARD, BRAKING THE TAIL FUSELAGE SECTION.