# NTSB CHI82FER19: Hardie Tern II, N16694, Stillwater, MN, June 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1982, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Stillwater, MN
- Coordinates: 45.099472, -93.250892 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0995&lon=-93.2509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72733
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82FER19
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72733/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FER19

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - maneuver - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT STALLED WHILE MANEUVERING FOR A LANDING. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO PROPERLY RECOVER BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N16694 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HARDIE TERN II
- Category: Glider, amateur-built
- Serial number: 01
- Airframe hours: 75
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: David Ryht
- Registered owner: David Ryht
- Departed: STILLWATER, MN
- Destination: BONE LAKE, WI
- Airport: Benson

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown; flight hours: 109 total, 109 in this make and model, 81 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 153 °F

## 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 19820603020699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820603020699A), Jun 3, 1982: Amtr TERN2, Stillwater, MN, Destroyed. Glider pilot incountered up and downdrafts on final approach causing loss of airspeed and crash.

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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