# NTSB Accident CHI06CA219
> **Shempp-Hirth Discuss B** · 2006-08-05 · Tipton, IN, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI06CA219
- **Event ID:** 20060929X01426
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-08-05
- **Location:** Tipton, IN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.342777, -86.073608
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Shempp-Hirth
- **Model:** Discuss B
- **Registration:** N888TK
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 0
- **Damage:** MINR
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The glider pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue searching for thermal lift, instead of landing when the glider was in range of a suitable landing area.  Contributing factors to the accident was the lack of thermal lift which resulted in a hard landing in the cornfield.

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