- Date
- February 21, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Woodbine, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8752RScheibe Flugzeugbau L SPATZ-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830221005689A
- Case key
- 6024
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with a snowbank during landing roll. The turf landing site was clear but snow had been piled two to four feet deep alongside the strip during the clearing process. As the aircraft neared the end of the strip during landing the pilot steered to the right to provide more clearance for another glider waiting for takeoff. The turn put the right wing of the landing glider over the clearing where it contacted a high point in the snowbank. The pilot had recently bought this glider and was not yet used to its wider wing span.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8752R
- Reported as
- Scheibe Flugzeugbau L SPATZ-55
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 759
- Airframe hours
- 374
- Engine
- NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Banks, Howard A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- MD78 · Woodbine Glider, runway 3, 1,620 × 75 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 1 in this make and model · 31 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 275° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8752R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.