- Date
- July 24, 1982, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Little River, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1181SSchweizer SGS-2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820724031449A
- Case key
- 71442
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll, the left wing of the glider struck the left wing of another glider of the same make and model. The other glider, N1211S was being readed for a flight and was positioned with its left wing overlapping the runway. The pilot of N1211S attempted to turn the glider away from N1181S, but the wind caught the left wing and raised it high enough to collide with the left wing of the landing glider. Normally, runway 33 was used to launch the gliders while runway 15 was utilized for landings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1181S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 231
- Airframe hours
- 1,189
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carolina Sail Plane
- Registered owner
- Carolina Sail Plane
- Departed
- 5J8 · Little River, SC
- Destination
- 5J8 · Little River, SC
- Airport
- 5J8 · Cypress Bay, runway 15, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,468 total · 309 in this make and model · 1,279 as pilot in command · 380 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 155° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 187 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.