- Date
- August 6, 1986, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Uvalde, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25SGRolladen-Schneider LS-6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860806037719A
- Case key
- 22160
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot of a rolladen-schneider LS-6 glider, N25SG, impacted terrain short of runway at Uvalde, TX airport. Pilot held U.S.-foreign private pilot certification based on german certification and was representing the aircraft manufacturer during glider competition. The pilot elected to return and land for a parachute adjustment. The landing was delayed by a departing aircraft. Glider was substantially damaged. However, the pilot escaped injury. Plts flt time was not available/not reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25SG
- Reported as
- Rolladen-Schneider LS-6
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 6057
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James Andrews,III
- Registered owner
- Andrews, James David III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special flight (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 2, 1986
- Departed
- UVA · Valde, TX
- Destination
- UVA · Valde, TX
- Airport
- UVA · Uvalde, runway 15, 5,250 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificates
- Foreign, Private
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HDO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.