- Date
- April 22, 1988, 18:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Chester, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3LBCirrus Design Standard
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880422010129A
- Case key
- 7743
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Planned approach - improperCause
Descent - prematureCause
Analysis
The glider pilot failed to maintain sufficient altitude while on final approach for landing and struck trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3LB
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design Standard
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 236
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Clarendon Bowman
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1987 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- 9A6 · Chester, SC
N3LBRegistration cancelled Jul 21, 1988 · Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUSAirframe modelSchempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,933 total · 165 in this make and model · 2,527 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 27 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.