# NTSB WPR09CA376: Schweizer SGS 2-32, N682U, Heber City, UT, July 29, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 29, 2009, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Heber City, UT
- Coordinates: 40.481945, -111.428886
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4819&lon=-111.4289&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74406
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR09CA376
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74406/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74406
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA376

## Probable cause

The pilot's excessive speed as he turned off the runway.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Schweizer SGS 2-32, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=8050206), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Schweizer SGS 2-32, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=8050206), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Schweizer SGS 2-32, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=8050206), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Analysis

After making a normal approach and landing, the pilot applied wheel brakes and noted normal deceleration. As he exited the runway onto the taxiway he applied more braking, but once he was clear of the active runway he felt that the glider wasn't decelerating as rapidly as he had planned. The pilot stated "…I applied full braking, including pumping the brake. I continued to use max braking, including digging the nose skid in as hard as I could and attempted to dampen the inevitable blow as best as possible." The glider subsequently impacted the door of one hangar with its nose bowl and a second hangar with its left wing, which resulted in substantial damage to the glider.

## Factual narrative

After making a normal approach and landing, the pilot applied wheel brakes and noted normal deceleration. As he exited the runway onto the taxiway he applied more braking, but once he was clear of the active runway he felt that the glider wasn't decelerating as rapidly as he had planned. The pilot stated "…I applied full braking, including pumping the brake. I continued to use max braking, including digging the nose skid in as hard as I could and attempted to dampen the inevitable blow as best as possible." The glider subsequently impacted the door of one hangar with its nose bowl and a second hangar with its left wing, which resulted in substantial damage to the glider.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N682U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N682U-2014-11-13), registration cancelled 2014-11-13, S/N 16, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS 2-32
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 2-32](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-32) (registry code 8050206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 16
- Airframe hours: 3273
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Soar Utah
- Registered owner: John F Good
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 14, 2009
- Departed: 36U, Heber City, UT
- Destination: 36U, Heber City, UT
- Airport: 36U, Heber City Municipal, runway 21, 6,899 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 20, 2009; seat: front; flight hours: 7,470 total, 200 in this make and model, 2,790 as pilot in command, 135 in the last 90 days, 54 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.15 inHg
- Observed at: 36U

## 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 20090729014579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090729014579A), Jul 29, 2009: Scwzer SGS232, Heber, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) After a 30 minute flight the pilot landed on runway 21 at the Heber airport. He turned off the runway at intersection A2. His speed was high and he could…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 14, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74406. 904 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 904 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40317451&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

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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