# NTSB investigations: Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR24LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA249.md): Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B · Nephi, UT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 25, 2024 · N41RE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a wind encounter, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB WPR23LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA182.md): Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B · Marana, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 2, 2023 · N774JP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing in a dust devil.
- [NTSB GAA17CA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA368.md): Schempp-Hirth Discus 2B · Bishop, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 22, 2017 · N21TH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s exceedance of the glider’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering over rising mountainous terrain, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
- [NTSB MIA03CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03CA074.md): Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B · Clermont, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 10, 2003 · N828JN · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight encounter with wind gusts while making an approach to land in a field resulting in the aircraft landing early and colliding with a berm.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3801904', '3801908'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3801904

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