ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66006
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| Date: | Monday 26 May 2003 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  SZD-50-3 Puchacz |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N503HC |
| MSN: | B-2098 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Minden-Tahoe Airport - KMEV, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Minden, NV (MEV) |
| Minden, NV (MEV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As the glider, in tow, turned right downwind at 500 feet above ground level (agl), the student deployed the spoilers. The certified flight instructor (CFI) released the glider from the tow plane, and locked and closed the spoiler handle. According to the CFI, she wanted to land on a runway at the airport, but the student was "frozen" on the flight controls. By the time he released the controls, it was not possible to reach the runway, so the CFI executed a forced landing on an airport access road. Prior to touchdown, the left wing struck a 4-foot-tall sagebush, the glider turned, and impacted on the shoulder of the road.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's failure to adequately supervise the student, which resulted in the improper deployment of the spoilers by the student. A factor was the high vegetation on the landing surface.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20030605X00794&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2009 22:32 | DColclasure | Added |
| 31-Oct-2013 20:35 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 08-Dec-2017 18:44 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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