Meanwhile at Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field (KMRB), Martinsburg WV....
Friday 12/19/25 Approx 20:30Z (3:30pm local), a glider (tail ?N9UY also referred to as N9U4Y?) calls into MRB Tower (@ 12miles) and makes emergency landing on Rwy 26 approx 20:43Z. One person on board, emergency vehicles standing by. Apparently came off runway into the grass, no report on Ground frequency of any injury or damage and emergency crew assisted walking the glider back to the ramp.
A TBM-850 c/s N850BD was also on approach, did an orbit and able to land Rwy 26 approx 20:52Z after runway inspection.
Attached combo MRB Tower, Ground, Potomac Approach (LUCKE); edited for time and content, not realtime (audio quality a bit funky, the MRB clips come up short of 30min).
Note - I was trying to find out the reason for another DC air defense scramble around 20:50Z which shut down departures out of BWI and DCA due to the fighters in the departure corridor, and happened to find this event on LUCKE. Based on the communications the target area was close to Leesburg and the target was still in the air after the glider had landed at Matinsburg, so these events appear to be coincidental.
https://forums.liveatc.net/atcaviation-audio-clips/kdca-121925-2050z-air-defense-scramble-for-unknown-target-near-leesburg/
