Sky Soaring Glider Club Airpor Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Hampshire, Illinois 60140
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 14:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot was attempting to land the glider on the grass runway after completing a short local flight. While on the landing roll, the glider traveled off the end of the runway and collided with a parked vehicle. A witnessed stated that it appeared as if the pilot did not apply the wheel brake during the landing roll.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point, resulting in a runway overrun.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/8/2010
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1400
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Hampshire
Event State ILLINOIS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 60140
Event Date Year 2010
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 420915N
Event Location Longitude 0883043W
Event Location Airport Sky Soaring Glider Club Airpor
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 55LL
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 860
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1352 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 354
Weather Observation Facility ID ARR
Elevation of weather observation facility 712
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 25
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 150000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 21
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 8
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 280
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 9
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.11
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 27606
NTSB Notification Source Geoff Weck - Flying Club Pres.
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Dec 3 2010 11:43AM
User who most recently changed record johb
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N1130S
NTSB Number CEN10CA527
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion --
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name SCHWEIZER
Aircraft Model SGS 1-34R
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 61
Certified Max Gross Weight 840
Aircraft Category Glider
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 1
Number of Engines 0
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name SKY SOARING LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address 2850 GOLF RD STE 400
Aircraft Owner City ROLLING MEADOWS
Aircraft Owner State IL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 60008-4030
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name SKY SOARING LLC
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address 2850 GOLF RD STE 400
Operator City ROLLING MEADOWS
Operator State IL
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 60008-4030
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code 55LL
Departure City Hampshire
Departure State IL
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1345
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 55LL
Destination City Hampshire
Destination State IL
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Sep 21 2010 9:06AM
User who most recently changed record sulp
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 27
Runway Length 2500
Runway Width 200
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --