- Date
- June 17, 1986, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N36175Schweizer SGS 1-36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860617025349A
- Case key
- 6948
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was attempting to achieve a club duration/altitude gain goal and released from the tow plane at 1,000 ft as opposed to the requested 3,000 ft tow. The plt communicated with another glider plt in the area and stated he was getting low and had to land. A ground witness observed the glider on a low and slow final approach. The witness reported that the glider banked right and turned 270 degrees before it suddenly pitched nose down from aprx 150 ft AGL and impacted the ground. Seven months prior to the accident, the plt failed a private glider plt checkride due to his landing approach procedures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36175
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-36
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 23
- Airframe hours
- 75
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Caesar Creek Concors, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1986 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- Waynesville, OH
- Airport
- Caesar Creek, runway 9, 3,000 × 100 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 38 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY, 55 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.