Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Roosevelt Memorial Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Warm Springs, Georgia 30293
Monday, July 14, 2014 14:35 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 14, 2014, around 1435 eastern daylight time, a Let L23 Super Blanik, N342BA, was substantially damaged when it struck a stationary Let L23 Super Blanik, N400AZ, on the runway of Roosevelt Memorial Airport (5A9), Warm Springs, Georgia. The flight instructors and student pilots of both gliders were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. Both gliders were owned and operated by the Civil Air Patrol. Neither of the gliders filed flight plans for the local instructional flights, which were conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
According to the flight instructor of N400AZ, he and the student pilot landed the glider and came to rest on the centerline about 1000 feet past the threshold of the landing runway. As they were waiting for ground personnel to help remove the glider from the runway, they were struck from behind by the second glider. Both occupants of the glider exited without incident. N400AZ sustained substantial damage to the right wing, fuselage, and empennage.
According to the flight instructor of N342BA, he and the student pilot landed just beyond the displaced threshold markers at the approach end of the runway. Both the flight instructor and the student applied "maximum braking" but were unable to stop the glider prior to impacting N400AZ. Following the impact, N342BA came to rest on the paved portion of the runway and both occupants egressed without incident. N342BA incurred substantial damage to left wing and fuselage.
According to both flight instructors, they had performed numerous landings that day in their respective gliders, as part of the training requirements for the students. One of the flight instructors reported that prior to the accident the wind direction had changed from a quartering headwind to a quartering tailwind.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/14/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1435 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Warm Springs |
| Event State | GEORGIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 30293 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 325619N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0844147W |
| Event Location Airport | ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 5A9 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 25 |
| Airport Elevation | 875 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1835 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 284 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KLGC |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 693 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 19 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 5000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| 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) | 35 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 24 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 250 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 14 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.02 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | KLGC 141835Z AUTO 25008G14KT 10SM SCT050 SCT060 35 |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 4 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | Civil Air Patrol |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 31 2014 3:55PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N400AZ | N342BA |
| NTSB Number | ERA14LA341A | ERA14LA341B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | -- | -- |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Substantial | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | LET | LET |
| Aircraft Model | L 23 SUPER BLANIK | L 23 SUPER BLANIK |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 998702 | 998418 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Glider | Glider |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CIVIL AIR PATROL INC | CIVIL AIR PATROL |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 105 S HANSELL ST | 105 SOUTH HANSELL ST |
| Aircraft Owner City | MAXWELL AFB | MAXWELL AFB |
| Aircraft Owner State | AL | AL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 361126332 | 361126332 |
| Operator is an individual? | No | No |
| Operator Name | CIVIL AIR PATROL INC | CIVIL AIR PATROL |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 105 S HANSELL ST | 105 SOUTH HANSELL ST |
| Operator City | MAXWELL AFB | MAXWELL AFB |
| Operator State | AL | AL |
| Operator Country | USA | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 361126332 | 361126332 |
| Operator Code | -- | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- | -- |
| 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) | Instructional | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | 5A9 | 5A9 |
| Departure City | Warm Springs | Warm Springs |
| Departure State | GA | GA |
| Departure Country | USA | USA |
| Departure Time | -- | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | 5A9 | 5A9 |
| Destination City | Warm Springs | Warm Springs |
| Destination State | GA | GA |
| Destination Country | USA | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 31 2014 3:55PM | Jul 31 2014 3:56PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- | -- |
| Runway Length | -- | -- |
| Runway Width | -- | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |