# NTSB ATL83LA123: Scheibe Flugzeugbau L SPATZ-55, N8752R, Woodbine, MD, February 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Woodbine, MD
- Coordinates: 39.330703, -77.060241 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3307&lon=-77.0602&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6024
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6024/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA123

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK DURING LANDING ROLL. THE TURF LANDING SITE WAS CLEAR BUT SNOW HAD BEEN PILED TWO TO FOUR FEET DEEP ALONGSIDE THE STRIP DURING THE CLEARING PROCESS. AS THE AIRCRAFT NEARED THE END OF THE STRIP DURING LANDING THE PILOT STEERED TO THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE MORE CLEARANCE FOR ANOTHER GLIDER WAITING FOR TAKEOFF. THE TURN PUT THE RIGHT WING OF THE LANDING GLIDER OVER THE CLEARING WHERE IT CONTACTED A HIGH POINT IN THE SNOWBANK. THE PILOT HAD RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS GLIDER AND WAS NOT YET USED TO ITS WIDER WING SPAN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8752R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8752R-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 759, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Scheibe Flugzeugbau L SPATZ-55
- Registry model: [Scheibe L SPATZ-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/scheibe-l-spatz-55) (registry code 3801361) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 759
- Airframe hours: 374
- Engines: NONE unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Banks, Howard A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 1982, 0 hours before
- Airport: MD78, Woodbine Glider, runway 3, 1,620 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown; seat: front; flight hours: 43 total, 1 in this make and model, 31 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 275° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830221005689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830221005689A), Feb 21, 1983: Scbflg LSPATZ55, Woodbine, MD, Substantial damage. Right wing struck a snowbank on the landing roll. Pilot misjudged the wider wing span than other models flown.

## Other investigations on N8752R (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 NYC66D0130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66D0130), Jul 30, 1965: Scheibe L-SPAT (N8752R), Heath, MA, substantial damage

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.

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