What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On June 27, 2018 at approximately 1515 hours mountain daylight time at the Boulder, CO airport (bdu) a model Schweizer sgs 1-34 glider, N134BC piloted by student pilot privacy data omitted made a hard landing due to rapidly changing/adverse weather conditions.
The glider sustained substantial damage due to the hard landing event. The center belly stringer is kinked aft of the single main landing gear. There are sheared rivets at a string on the right side fuselage. The fuselage is dented in on left and right sides and the fuselage is kinked down an out of it's normal configuration.
As the FAA filed it
ON JUNE 27, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1515 HOURS MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME AT THE BOULDER, CO AIRPORT (BDU) A MODEL SCHWEIZER SGS 1-34 GLIDER, N134BC PILOTED BY STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A HARD LANDING DUE TO RAPIDLY CHANGING/ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THE GLIDER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO THE HARD LANDING EVENT. THE CENTER BELLY STRINGER IS KINKED AFT OF THE SINGLE MAIN LANDING GEAR. THERE ARE SHEARED RIVETS AT A STRING ON THE RIGHT SIDE FUSELAGE. THE FUSELAGE IS DENTED IN ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES AND THE FUSELAGE IS KINKED DOWN AN OUT OF IT'S NORMAL CONFIGURATION.
NTSB investigation
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