# NTSB ATL84LA204: Schweizer SGS 1-26A, N2754R, Manning, SC, June 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1984, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Manning, SC
- Coordinates: 33.689456, -80.210403 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6895&lon=-80.2104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6481
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA204
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6481/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA204

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT ENTERED A STEEP TURN AT THE END OF A 2ND FIELD THAT SHE HAD SELECTED FOR A LANDING. WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND, THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND & THE LEFT WING HIT A POWER LINE. THIS WAS THE PLT'S 1ST TOW & RELEASE IN THIS MODEL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2754R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2754R), registered now, S/N 219, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26A
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-26A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26a) (registry code 8050116) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 219
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Santee Soaring Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 5, 1983, 60 hours before
- Airport: MNI, Clarendon County, runway 19, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial, flight instructor, private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 391 total, 1 in this make and model, 225 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CHS, 43 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840616024469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840616024469A), Jun 16, 1984: Scwzer SGS126A, Manning, SC, Substantial damage. Pilot overshot landing strip and attempted off airport landing but wing hit wire causing it to crash inverted.

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.

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