- Date
- August 14, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lyons, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N303RHSchempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830814040499A
- Case key
- 21009
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on the return portion of a round-robin x-country flt, the plt lost thermal lift & elected to land in a pasture. He gradually descended over the pasture & prepared to land. When the glider was about 30 ft AGL, the right wing tip struck the top of a tree, then cartwheeled & hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N303RH
- Reported as
- Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus (STANDARD C)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 248
- Airframe hours
- 850
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Scrogin III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 9XS9 · Katy, TX
- Destination
- 9XS9 · Katy, TX
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 107 total · 107 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.