20230415004031A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Schweizer SGS 1-26E · Zebulon, NC · April 15, 2023

Date
April 15, 2023 · 15:11 local
Place
Zebulon, NC
Airport
Crooked Creek
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N33873
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA23LA207
Reported as
Schweizer SGS 1-26E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
25 total10 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 04/15/2023 student pilot on a solo flight crashed while attempting to land on runway 22 at 7NC5, Crooked Creek Airport bunn, NC. The glider struck another parked aircraft,privacy data omitted. privacy data omitted Was unoccupied. Student was injured and taken to the hospital. Aircraft sustained substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON 04/15/2023 STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLIGHT CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22 AT 7NC5, CROOKED CREEK AIRPORT BUNN, NC. THE GLIDER STRUCK ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNOCCUPIED. STUDENT WAS INJURED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.