- Date
- April 17, 1987, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eagleville, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N174KSSchleicher ASK-21
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 7249
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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
During a landing attempt, N174KS collided with a treeline on final approach to the airport. The instructor reported that the flight was normal until the student encountered a downdraft on final approach. The instructor took control of the controls, but was unable regain the lost altitude and airspeed. The glider collided with a tree stalled and crashed. The instructor did not report any glider control or system problems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N174KS
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASK-21
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 21194
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bill Mcfarlane
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Airport
- 50M · Eagleville, runway 32, 2,200 × 18 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 536 total · 18 in this make and model · 536 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F