- Date
- July 7, 1983, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Damascus, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N441UJSchempp-Hirth Cirrus
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830707029939A
- Case key
- 6117
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The glider collided with a fence during an off arpt forced landing. The plt stated that she did not see the power lines until she was on the final approach. She maneuvered the glider to miss the powerlines but was unable to miss the fence and landed short. She had been flying in thermal lift and upon encountering heavy sink was forced to land.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N441UJ
- Reported as
- Schempp-Hirth Cirrus
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 55
- Airframe hours
- 750
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry Gaudet
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 24, 1983 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- M078 · Woodbine, MD
- Airport
- Clearview
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 141 total · 24 in this make and model · 172 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.