# Incident 20130712012889I: Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B, Mound House, NV, July 12, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2013, 16:00 local time
- Place: Mound House, NV
- Airport: Dayton Valley Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2384° N, 119.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTON VALLEY AIRPARK (A34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2384&lon=-119.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32EM-2020-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B (registry code 38019VN, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-discus-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMPP-HIRTH DISCUS B
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,500 total, 9 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130712012889I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS FLYING A GLIDER HE HAD RENTED FROM A LOCAL SOARING CLUB.  HE WAS OPERATING OVER A MOUNTAIN RIDGE APPROXIMATE 5 MILES SOUTH OF DAYTON, NEVADA AIRPARK AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 12,000 FEET.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS A TFR IN EFFECT TO THE SOUTH  SO HE DECIDED TO HEAD NORTH ACROSS THE DAYTON VALLEY IN SEARCH OF MORE LIFT.  HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY LIFT IN THAT AREA AND BEGAN TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT AN OUT LANDING.  HE UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO LOCATE THE DAYTON NEVADA AIRPARK AND MADE THE DECISION TO LAND IN AN UNDEVELOPED AREA. HE LANDED WITHOUT INJURY BUT WITH SOME VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE GLIDER.

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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