# Accident 20190727016719A: Schleicher ASW-27, Mackay, ID, July 27, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2019, 16:15 local time
- Place: Mackay, ID
- Airport: Mackay
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8533° N, 113.5128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8533&lon=-113.5128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N274JM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N274JM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-27 (registry code 3801501, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER ASW-27
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA479](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA479) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190727016719A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS SOARING BACK FROM THE KING MOUNTAIN AREA TO THE MACKAY AIRPORT, A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 18 MILES. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO MAKE THE AIRPORT BUT IN THE DISTANCE OF THOSE 18 MILES HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE MANY DOWN DRAFTS DUE TO ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER. THE PILOT STATED IT BECAME APPARENT THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE MACKAY AIRPORT AND MADE THE DECISION TO LAND OFF FIELD. OFF FIELD LANDINGS IN A GLIDER ARE NOT IDEAL BUT ARE A NORMAL EVENT. THE PILOT CHOSE A HAY FIELD THAT HAD RECENTLY BEEN MOWED. HE SET UP FOR A LANDING IN THE OUTER RING AND PARALLEL TO THE WHEEL RUTS OF THE CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM. TOUCHDOWN IN THE HAY FIELD WAS UNEVENTFUL. DURING ROLLOUT A GUST OF WIND RAISED THE RIGHT WING. THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE DIRT AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED, FRACTURING THE TAIL BOOM, SPLITTING THE VERTICAL FIN AND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE RIGHT AILERON. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AND THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.

## 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 GAA19CA479](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA479), Jul 27, 2019: Schleicher ASW 27 (N274JM), Mackay, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control of the glider during landing in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in the left wing striking the ground and a subsequent ground loop.

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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