# NTSB FTW86LRG31: Rolladen-Schneider LS-6, N25SG, Uvalde, TX, August 6, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1986, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Uvalde, TX
- Location: 29.2258° N, 99.7445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from GARNER FLD (UVA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2258&lon=-99.7445&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22160
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LRG31
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22160/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LRG31

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - descent - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25SG), registered now, S/N 6057 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROLLADEN-SCHNEIDER LS-6
- Registry model: [Rolladen-Schneider LS-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/rolladen-schneider-ls-6) (registry code 3801260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 6057
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860806037719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860806037719A), Aug 6, 1986: Rolsch LS6, Uvalde, TX, Substantial damage. The glider landed short of the runway due to pilot misjudgment and traffic conflicts.

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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