# Incident 20230723017859I: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS CM, Blairstown, NJ, July 23, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2023, 13:59 local time
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Airport: Blairstown
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9711° N, 74.9975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLAIRSTOWN (1N7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9711&lon=-74.9975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N811DG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS CM (registry code 3800266, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-cm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMPP-HIRTH VENTUS CM
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230723017859I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING A PERSONAL FLIGHT IN HIS GLIDER AND WAS RETURNING TO THE BLAIRSTOWN, NJ AIRPORT. HE STATED THAT AS HE WAS RETURNING HE BEGAN TO LOSE LIFT AND AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AGL HE REALIZED HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT. HE ELECTED TO PERFORM A LANDOUT MANEUVER AND SELECTED A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/2-1 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT. HE LANDED IN THE FIELD AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE DONE AS A RESULT.

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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