- Date
- June 20, 1984, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sugarbush, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13HHRolladen-Schneider LS-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840620040309A
- Case key
- 35724
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Weather evaluation - inaccurateCause
Climb - not possibleCause
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)
Directional control - not maintainedFactor
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedFactor
Analysis
The acft lost lift & made an emergency landing in a field. During the landing the acfts wing struck a haystack which pitched the nose of the acft down. This resulted in a hard landing & ground loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13HH
- Reported as
- Rolladen-Schneider LS-4
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 4202
- Airframe hours
- 268
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harvey L. Howell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 0B7 · Sugarbush, VT
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 641 total · 160 in this make and model · 605 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.