# Accident 20140601007021A: Schweizer SGS 1-34, Middletown, NY, June 1, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2014, 16:30 local time
- Place: Middletown, NY
- Airport: Randall Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4319° N, 74.3917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4319&lon=-74.3917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7638, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7638) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (registry code 8050146, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS 1-34
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 1 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA274) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140601007021A

## Narrative

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

ON 06/01/2014, N7638, A SCHWEIZER SGS 1-34 GLIDER, WAS LANDING AT THE RANDALL AIRPORT (06N) IN THE GRASS, BESIDE RUNWAY 26.  THE AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND STRUCK A PIPER, PA-18A, N7067D, TOWPLANE PARKED NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CALLED THE FSDO ON 06/01/2014 TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT.  SHE IDENTIFIED HERSELF AS PILOT IN COMMAND, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED SHE WAS ON APPROACH FOR LANDING IN THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY, AND HAD TOO MUCH ENERGY.  SHE BOUNCED ON LANDING AND BUMPED THE TAIL OFF THE GRASS.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT TOWARDS THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  APPLIED OPPOSITE AILERON/RUDDER CONTROLS BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO AVOID HITTING THE PIPER.

WITNESSES SAY THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED FAST ON FINAL AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE PILOT TRIED TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND HEADED TOWARDS THE TIEDOWN AREA AND IMPACTED THE PA-18A.

THE GLIDER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO FRONT OF IT'S RIGHT WING.  THE PA-18A SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE REAR OF IT'S LEFT WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA14CA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA274), Jun 1, 2014: Schweizer SGS 1 34 (N7638), Middletown, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N7638 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990606006529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990606006529I), Jun 6, 1999: Scwzer SGS134 (N7638), Hammonton, NJ, Minor damage. Acft was landing when the right wing struck bushes on the right side of the rwy, other circumstances are unknown. (-23) as aircraft approached to land runway…
- [Incident 19980712035629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980712035629I), Jul 12, 1998: Scwzer SGS134 (N7638), Hammonton, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) No narrative available.

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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