- Date
- August 15, 1990, 16:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- York Springs, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78PRCalvart HP-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900815033069A
- Case key
- 36496
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Probable cause
The glider pilot's misjudged approach to landing, which resulted in the glider overshooting the landing field and impacting trees.
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.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he misjudged his approach and overshot the landing field. The glider struck trees at the end of the field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78PR
- Reported as
- Calvart HP-18
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 18-045
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald Cunningham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 17, 1990 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- Fairfield, PA
- Destination
- Fairfield, PA
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 2 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.