- Date
- April 28, 1986, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Benson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N5RMSchempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860428014559A
- Case key
- 25140
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Analysis
A schempp-hirth standard Cirrus glider collided with rocks on landing roll in an open field. The pilot stated he was competing in an air meet. While enroute he lost altitude and was unable to regain it. He selected an open field to land in, but did not see the rocks until after the on ground collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5RM
- Reported as
- Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus (STANDARD C)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- G-310
- Airframe hours
- 1,057
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ellott Kurzman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1986 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- P33 · Willcox, AZ
- Destination
- AZ67 · El Tiro, AZ
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,340 total · 281 in this make and model · 1,196 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUX, 42 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.