Sail Plane
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 3000; Flight Crew Type 300
ATC Issue All Types; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Landed As Precaution; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft; Airport; Weather
Flying my sailplane southbound; I encountered sink over ZZZ. ZZZ would not give me clearance to land; so I declared an emergency and landed without incident. There was nothing on my current sectional to indicate that I could not land at ZZZ. My ground crew arrived within an hour and we dismantled the sailplane and loaded it into the trailer. After signing about 3 forms; we departed.
Sailplane pilot encounters a downdraft over ZZZ airport and requests landing clearance; which is denied. An emergency is declared and a normal landing ensues.