# Incident 20180913013519I: Schleicher AS-K13, Gregory, MI, September 13, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2018, 16:00 local time
- Place: Gregory, MI
- Airport: Richmond
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4421° N, 84.0644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND FLD (69G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4421&lon=-84.0644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N545TT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N545TT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher AS-K13 (registry code 38015GS, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-as-k13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER AS-K13
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,434 total, 58 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180913013519I

## Narrative

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

CFI STATEMENT:

DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT (FLIGHT REVIEW) I WAS GIVING TO AN EXPERIENCE PRIVATE GLIDER PILOT, WE WERE DOING A "NO SPOILER" LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 IN AN AS-K13 GLIDER (N545TT).  ON FINAL ABOUT 100 FT UP WE WERE STILL HIGH.  I DIRECTED THE PILOT TO SLIP A LITTLE MORE (NOSE RIGHT, LEFT BANK).  THE GLIDER WAS THEN COMING DOWN MORE AGGRESSIVELY.  I DIRECTED THE PILOT TO GET OUT OF THE SLIP.  THE LANDING SPEED WAS ABOUT 50 KNOTS.  HE THEN PUSHED HARD ON THE LEFT RUDDER, WHICH SWUNG THE NOSE FROM 20 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT TO 20 DEGREES TO THE LEFT IN ABOUT 2 SECONDS.

MOMENTUM OF ROTATION CONTINUED COUNTER CLOCKWISE DESPITE RIGHT RUDDER APPLICATION.  WE WERE ABOUT 5 FT ABOVE THE GRASS FIELD ADJACENT TO THE GRASS RUNWAY.  THE LEFT WING WAS DOWN ABOUT 20 DEGREES AND HIT THE GRASS FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE GLIDER WHICH LANDED SIDEWAYS IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE GOING WEST FROM ABOUT 3 FT ABOVE THE GROUND.  THE GLIDER CAME TO A STOP IN ABOUT 20 FT POINTING SOUTH.  THE SUDDEN STOP, GOING SIDEWAYS, TORE THE LANDING SKID FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE LANDING WHEEL WAS NOT DAMAGE, AND USED TO GROUND TOW THE GLIDER BACK TO THE HANGAR.

## Other reports on N545TT (1)

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

- [Accident 20061214031329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061214031329A), Dec 14, 2006: Schler ASK13 (N545TT), Gregory, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) On Thursday, December 14, 2006 at approximately 13:00 EST, N545TT, a schleicher AS-K13 glider took off in tow from Richmond Field (69G), runway 18, in…

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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