# Accident 20151011019499A: Rich Harry A WOODSTOCK I, Decatur, TX, October 11, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2015, 16:15 local time
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Airport: Decatur Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2603° N, 97.5814° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2603&lon=-97.5814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21468, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21468-2018-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rich Harry A WOODSTOCK I (registry code 056074I, https://openairdocs.org/model/rich-harry-a-woodstock-i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RICH HARRY A WOODSTOCK I
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151011019499A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 11, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1615 CDT, A RICH HARRY WOODSTOCK I EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT GLIDER, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N21468, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, PETER N. BLOUNT, IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET NORTH OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 17 AT DECATUR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN DECATUR, TX.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT, WAS APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING AN APPROACH TO LANDING TO RUNWAY 17 AND LOST CONTROL.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE  PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DECATUR AIRPORT ON OCTOBER 11, 2015, AT ABOUT 1500 CDT.

## 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 CEN16LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA007), Oct 11, 2015: Rich Harry A Woodstock I (N21468), Decatur, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while turning from the downwind to the base leg of the pattern in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in the glider exceeding its critical…

## Other reports on N21468 (1)

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

- [Accident 20011002025829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011002025829A), Oct 2, 2001: N21468, Waynesburg, PA, No damage. (-23) The aircraft (glider) was being towed by a small truck for a ground launch on turf, as the glider began to lift-off the canopy came loose and broke away…

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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