- Date
- August 27, 2022, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mayville, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N107ASSchleicher K7
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of lift
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220827019939A
- Case key
- 105809
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The glider’s encounter with atmospheric conditions where the lift was not sufficient to maintain flight, which resulted in an off-airport landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during the return flight to the airport, the glider encountered more downdrafts than he expected, and that the glider did not have sufficient altitude to reach the airport. During the subsequent forced landing into trees and shrubby, the glider’s fuselage and wings sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures of the glider that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N107AS
- Reported as
- Schleicher K7
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 7038
- Built
- 1962
- Airframe hours
- 3,868
- Engine
- None, none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aero Journey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 2022
- Departed
- D79 · Mayville, NY
- Airport
- D79 · Dart Airport
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Last flight review
- September 20, 2020
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 4-point
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- JHW, 13 nm away
- METAR
- KJHW 271656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/13 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP206 T02060133
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 6, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.