# Accident 20220605022179A: Schweizer SGS 1-35C, Midlothian, TX, June 5, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2022, 17:00 local time
- Place: Midlothian, TX
- Airport: Tsa Gliderport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3877° N, 97.0106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3877&lon=-97.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2817H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2817H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-35C (registry code 8050151, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-35c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS 1-35C
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22FA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA224) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220605022179A

## Narrative

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

MIDLOTHIAN TX: (TA11):^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SINGLE SEAT, MID-WING GLIDER, SGS1-35G, LANDED 1/2 MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY DUE TO UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. NO ATC SVCS PROVIDED. POB: 1, INJURIES: 1 FATAL, WITH NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (ATP ASEL, AMEL, GLIDER; FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR; GROUND INSTRUCTOR), WAS AN 84-YEAR-OLD MALE. THIS PILOT REPORTED CIVIL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE THAT INCLUDED 3700 TOTAL AND 50 HOURS IN LAST SIX MONTHS AS OF EXAM DATED 1/5/2012. THE LAST EXAM WAS CONDUCTED BY AVIATION MEDICAL EXAMINER (AME) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT REPORTED NO CONCERNS AND NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUED WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE AME. THIS PILOT WAS ISSUED A SECOND CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WITH THE FOLLOWING LIMITATION: ?MUST WEAR CORRECTIVE LENSES?. THIS PILOT?S MOST RECENT VALID MEDICAL CERTIFICATE HAD EXPIRED. HOWEVER, NO MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED FOR GLIDER OPERATIONS; BUT PILOTS MUST COMPLY WITH 14 CFR PART 61.53 ?PROHIBITION ON OPERATIONS DURING MEDICAL DEFICIENCY? AND OTHER APPLICABLE FAA REGULATIONS. **UPDATE 08/10/2022.

## 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 CEN22FA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA224), Jun 5, 2022: Schweizer SGS135 (N2817H), Midlothian, TX, no damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s incapacitation by an aortic dissection (natural disease).

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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