- Date
- June 25, 1983, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tullahoma, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6877Schleicher AS-K13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830625027189A
- Case key
- 6103
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that his approach was too fast and he bounced the acft during the landing. The glider drifted left and collided with a hayroll. The collision caused another swerve and a subsequent collision with another hayroll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6877
- Reported as
- Schleicher AS-K13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 13149
- Airframe hours
- 624
- Engine
- NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- University Of Tennessee Space
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 31, 1983 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- THA · Tullahoma, TN
- Airport
- THA · Tullahoma, runway 36, 5,000 × ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 311° at 4 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6877 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.