# Incident 20140607007709I: Glaser Dirks DG 300, Pomfret, VT, June 7, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2014, 16:26 local time
- Place: Pomfret, VT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7048° N, 72.5159° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pomfret, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7048&lon=-72.5159&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123EE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123EE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glaser Dirks DG 300 (registry code 3802509, https://openairdocs.org/model/glaser-dirks-dg-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASER DIRKS DG 300
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 39 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140607007709I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING SOARING OUT AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT IN MIDAFTERNOON WHEN CONDITIONS CHANGED FROM REASONABLY GOOD LIFT TO FLAT THERMAL ACTIVITY TO SINK.  HE DETERMINED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT FROM HIS LOCATION, SO HE SELECTED A FIELD ORIENTED INTO THE WIND, OF MORE THAN SUFFICIENT LENGTH, AND OVERGROWN WITH GRASS WITH FEW WEEDS, AS THIS INDICATES A LOW PROBABILITY OF LARGE ROCKS OR RUTS.

WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN, HE DISCOVERED THE GRASS WAS MUCH HIGHER AND THICKER THAN HE EXPECTED.  THE HIGH DRAG OF THE GRASS AND RAPID DECELERATION LOADS ON THE BONDING LINE ON THE WING CAUSES THE COMPOSITE BOND LINE TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF A FAILURE FROM OVERLOAD IN A SHORT SECTION NEAR THE LEFT WING ROOT.

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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