# Accident 20160612013509A: Pezetel SZD-48-1JANTAR STD 2, Maysville, WV, June 12, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: Maysville, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0731° N, 79.2594° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0731&lon=-79.2594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N438QA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N438QA-2025-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pezetel SZD-48-1JANTAR STD 2 (registry code 8821650, https://openairdocs.org/model/pezetel-szd-48-1jantar-std-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PEZETEL SZD-48-1JANTAR STD 2
- Reported engine: N/A N/A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16CA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160612013509A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST LIFT WHILE ON A FLIGHT ORIGINATING AT RIDGE SOARING, PENNSYLVANIA. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT WERE VMC WITH A SLIGHTLY SCATTERED CLOUD COVER, TEMPERATURE OF 30 DEGREES CELSIUS, AND GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST 320 DEGREES @ 20 KNOTS GUSTING TO 29 KNOTS. AT THE TIME THE PILOT LOST LIFT HE WAS OVER MAYSVILLE, WV AND SELECTED A FARMER'S FIELD TO LAND IN. ON THE LANDING ROLL-OUT THE GLIDER STRUCK A GROUNDHOG HOLE. THE NOSEWHEEL WAS RIPPED OFF THE GLIDER, AND DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE TAIL SPAR AND HORIZONTAL TAIL. NO INJURIES OCCURRED TO THE PILOT AND NO ONE ON THE GROUND WAS INVOLVED.

## 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 ERA16CA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA227), Jun 12, 2016: Pezetel SZD 48-1JANTAR STD 2 (N438QA), Maysville, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The glider's encounter with insufficient atmospheric lift conditions where the lift was not sufficient to maintain soaring flight, which resulted in an off-airport landing.

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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