- Date
- May 19, 1985, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chester, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5724SSchweizer SGS-233
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850519022879A
- Case key
- 6799
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The instructor pilot cut loose from the tow plane at 200 ft AGL during takeoff to simulate a rope break. The acft collided with trees while circling to land. CFI stated that student plt was too slow in returning to land on the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5724S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-233
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 68
- Airframe hours
- 3,536
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bermuda High Soaring Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 23, 1985 · 51 hours before
- Airport
- 9A6 · Chester Municipal
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 341 total · 117 in this make and model · 319 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.