# Accident 20000506017799A: Scwzer SGS233, Jacksonville, FL, May 6, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Herlong Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2696° N, 81.7500° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2696&lon=-81.7500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5738S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5738S-2013-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33 (registry code 8051604, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 14 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000506017799A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)DURING THE LANDING, THE LEFT WING HIT HARD CAUSING THE GLIDER TO SWING LEFT. THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE ABOUT MID RANGE OF WING.  STUDENT HASS BEEN INTERVIEWED.  INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DA^ AHS REQUESTED THAT THE STUDENT BE GIVEN ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION.  (SAFETY COORDINATOR OF THE GLIDER CLUB, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^, WILL COORDINATE.)                                          (.4) ON MAY 6, 2000, ABOUT 1430 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33, N5738S, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE NORTH FLORIDA SOARING SOCIETY, AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED ON LANDING AT HERLONG AIRPORT, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE GLIDER INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1400.  THE STUDENT PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS MANEUVERING THE GLIDER OVER THE AIRPORT, PERFORMING STEEP TURNS TO DISSIPATE HIS ALTITUDE IN ORDER TO LAND. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD LOST TOO MUCH ALTITUDE, AND ENDED UP BEING TOO LOW WITH WIRES OBSTRUCTING HIS PATH OF FLIGHT, AND AS HE MANEUVERED TO AVOID THE WIRES, THE GLIDER LOST LIFT, AND FELL TOWARDS THE GROUND. HE S AID THAT HE THEN KEPT THE GLIDER'S NOSE DOWN UNTIL HE GOT CLOSER TO THE GROUND TO PREVENT A TAIL WHEEL LANDING, BUT HE LANDED IN A SLIGHT RIGHT TURN AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED. AN FAA INSPECTOR WHO EXAMINED THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING, THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE AND THE SPAR WAS DAMAGED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA148), May 6, 2000: Schweizer SGS 2-33 (N5738S), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's misjudgment of the aircraft's altitude and subsequent maneuver to avoid an obstacle, that resulted in a loss of airspeed, an inadvertent stall, and an inflight loss of control,…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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