# NTSB MIA88LA140: Start & Flug H101 Salto, N999WC, Winter Haven, FL, April 3, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 3, 1988, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Coordinates: 27.979928, -81.780776 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9799&lon=-81.7808&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 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32158
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA140
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32158/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA140

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose down, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - congested (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - not possible
  - proper touchdown point - conflicting, ground personnel (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE FLT ENTERED THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR LANDING WHEN THE PLT OBSERVED A GLIDER PARKED 600 FT FROM THE PLANNED TOUCHDOWN POINT. HE ELECTED TO LAND TO THE LEFT OF THE GLIDER & AFTER TURNING BASE THEN FINAL, OBSERVED INDIVIDUALS PUSHING IT TOWARDS THE PLANNED TOUCHDOWN POINT. HE ELECTED TO LAND BETWEEN THE APCH END AND THE GLIDER. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, HE APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING. THE NOSE OF HIS GLIDER DUG INTO THE GROUND THEN CAME TO REST. THE PLT STATED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE FLOWN OVER THE GLIDER THEN LANDED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N999WC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N999WC-2000-07-26), registration cancelled 2000-07-26, S/N 56 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Start & Flug H101 SALTO
- Registry model: [Start & Flug H101 "SALTO"](https://openairdocs.org/model/start-flug-h101-salto) (registry code 8500101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 56
- Airframe hours: 450
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Freedom Sports
- Registered owner: Salto Soaring Co. Inc.
- Last inspection: Annual, February 7, 1988, 50 hours before
- Airport: Winter Haven'S Gilbert

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 296 total, 1 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAL, 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880403009859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880403009859A), Apr 3, 1988: Start H101, Winter Haven, FL, Substantial damage. Tried to avoid a glider being pushed off runway while landing. Ground looped.

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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