# Accident 20120802020001A: Schlicher AGS-29, Uvalde, TX, August 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2012, 15:30 local time
- Place: Uvalde, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2152° N, 99.7772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Uvalde, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2152&lon=-99.7772&mi=10
- Aircraft: D6080 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHLICHER AGS-29
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120802020001A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED UVALDE AIRPORT AT 1:30 PM ON A 390 MILE TASK. AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM WHILE CLIMBING WITH GOOD SEPARATION FROM SEVERAL OTHER GLIDERS IN THE SAME STRONG THERMAL, APPROXIMATELY 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UVALDE, TEXAS AT 5700 FEET MSL WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER GLIDER, F-C1FB. NOT ABLE TO SEE THIS GLIDER AND WAS NOT AWARE OF ITS PRESENCE.GLIDER BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND PITCHED OVER INVERTED BECAUSE THE COLLISION SEVERED THE TAIL FROM THE GLIDER. JETTISONED THE CANOPY AND EXITED THE GLIDER AT APPROXIMATELY 4,000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. OBSERVED THE GLIDER SPIRALING DOWN  AFTER PARACHUTE OPENED.LANDED IN A ROUGH FIELD AND THE CONTACTED THE TEAM CAPTAIN BY CELL PHONE WHO COORDINATED WITH CONTEST OFFICIALS FOR RETRIEVAL FROM THE FIELD. RETRIEVED APPROXIMATELY NINETY MINUETS AFTER THE COLLISION.

## 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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