# NTSB ATL86LA111: Schweizer SGS 1-26A, N2760R, Waynesville, OH, April 12, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 12, 1986, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Waynesville, OH
- Coordinates: 39.530891, -84.079696 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5309&lon=-84.0797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7088
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7088/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA111

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE PILOT MISREAD HIS ALTIMETER AND MISJUDGED HIS ALTITUDE WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING AT THE PRIVATE GLIDERPORT. THE GLIDER COLLIDED WITH POWERLINES ON THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND CRASHED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2760R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2760R), registered now, S/N 229, built 1963 (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: 229
- Airframe hours: 306
- Engines: unknown UNK unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Stewarts Aircraft Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 10, 1985, 49 hours before
- Departed: 20H9, WAYNESVILLE, OH
- Airport: 20H9, Waynesville Gliderpart, runway 36, 3,000 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; student; medical: unknown; seat: front; flight hours: 12 total, 3 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860412011459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860412011459A), Apr 12, 1986: Scwzer SGS126A, Waynesville, OH, Substantial damage. Struck powerline on approach after misreading altimeter and misjudging altitude.

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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