# Accident 20240608006159A: Schweizer SGS 1-23H-15, Pryor, OK, June 8, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2024, 12:30 local time
- Place: Pryor, OK
- Airport: Mid-America Industrial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2254° N, 95.3301° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2254&lon=-95.3301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8667R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8667R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-23H-15 (registry code 8050112, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-23h-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS 1-23H-15
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 2 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240608006159A

## Narrative

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

THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A GLIDER THAT HAPPENED ON JUNE 8, 2024, AROUND 1230 LOCAL TIME AT MID AMERICA INDUSTRIAL PARK (H71). THE GLIDER WAS FOUND IN THE HANGER WITH DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT DIVE BREAK. THE DAMAGE INCLUDED MISSING RIVETS AROUND THE AIRCRAFT SKIN SURROUNDING THE DIVE BREAK FROM THE RESULTING HARD LANDING.

## 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 CEN24LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA219), Jun 8, 2024: Schweizer SGS 1-23H-15 (N8667R), Chouteau, OK, minor damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the glider while landing. Contributing to the accident was the unclear communications between the student pilot and instructor.

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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