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A glider pilot lands short of runway resulting in a ground loop at dsv due to encountering windshear.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 633035 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200409 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dsv.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Windshear |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Sail Plane |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : roll |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 9 flight time total : 170 flight time type : 21 |
| ASRS Report | 633035 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Weather |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
Wind northeast at 10 mph. Entered downwind at 55 KTS to land parallel to runway 32. Encountered windshear thus causing glider to lose altitude faster than normal. Realizing this I shortened the downwind and turned on to base again losing altitude. Turned final and then I knew reaching the intended landing spot was not going to happen. Glider landed short, hitting a wingtip on a parked vehicle causing a ground loop. No injury to me or any other person.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A GLIDER PLT LANDS SHORT OF RWY RESULTING IN A GND LOOP AT DSV DUE TO ENCOUNTERING WINDSHEAR.
Narrative: WIND NE AT 10 MPH. ENTERED DOWNWIND AT 55 KTS TO LAND PARALLEL TO RWY 32. ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR THUS CAUSING GLIDER TO LOSE ALT FASTER THAN NORMAL. REALIZING THIS I SHORTENED THE DOWNWIND AND TURNED ON TO BASE AGAIN LOSING ALT. TURNED FINAL AND THEN I KNEW REACHING THE INTENDED LNDG SPOT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. GLIDER LANDED SHORT, HITTING A WINGTIP ON A PARKED VEHICLE CAUSING A GND LOOP. NO INJURY TO ME OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.