- Date
- March 22, 1987, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2959HSchweizer SGS 2-33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870322007319A
- Case key
- 7394
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the instructional flt to demonstrate emergency procedures, the instructor stated that he allowed the student to get too low on approach before he took corrective action. The aircraft collided with trees and subsequently the ground approx. 600 feet short of the runway. There were no reported mechanical difficulties.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2959H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 529
- Airframe hours
- 775
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Soaring Society Of Dayton,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1986
- Departed
- Waynesville, OH
- Airport
- Ceasar Creek, runway 9, 2,800 × 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 682 total · 90 in this make and model · 558 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.