# Accident 20201006020229A: Schleicher ASK-21, Minden, NV, October 6, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2020, 16:15 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden-Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0005° N, 119.7511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN-TAHOE (MEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0005&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N694KS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N694KS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASK-21 (registry code 38015GY, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-ask-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER ASK-21
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 29 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201006020229A

## Narrative

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

AFTER RETURNING FROM AN AERO TOW THE PILOT ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR RIGHT TRAFFIC TO RUNWAY 30.  ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, THE PILOT APPLIED ¼ TO ½ INCH AIRBRAKES WHICH CAUSED THE GLIDER TO BE LOW ON FINAL.  THE AIRBRAKES WERE STOWED AND THE GLIDE SLOPE IMPROVED, SO THE PILOT OPENED THE AIRBRAKES AGAIN. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY SAW THAT THIS WAS NOT APPROPRIATE, AND WITH AN INTENTION OF CLOSING THE AIRBRAKES, OPENED THE AIRBRAKES FURTHER. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED HIS MISTAKE AND AGAIN CLOSED THE AIRBRAKES.

THE CENTER WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 3? TO 5? SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND PENETRATE THE COCKPIT UNDER THE PILOT?S SEAT. THE GLIDER BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AND CAME DOWN NOSE FIRST ONTO THE RUNWAY AT A 30 TO 45 DEGREE ANGLE.

THE GLIDER DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 30 FEET OFF THE EDGE OF RUNWAY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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