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| Date: | Monday 10 March 2003 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Discus-2B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N828JN |
| MSN: | 120 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clermont, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Clermont, FL (6LFO) |
| Clermont, FL (6LFO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated he was downwind of the airport, and realized he could not make it back so he elected to make an off-field landing. After turning onto final approach he said "the glider was hit by a gust of wind and forced into the ground." The glider hit a mound of dirt on the edge of ground water causing the glider to ground-loop.
Probable Cause: An in-flight encounter with wind gusts while making an approach to land in a field resulting in the aircraft landing early and colliding with a berm.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20030317X00343&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2009 22:32 | DColclasure | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
| 08-Dec-2017 18:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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