- Date
- June 4, 1991, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marshallville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N202DGGlaser-Dirks DG-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910604022359A
- Case key
- 8416
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and the inadvertent stall/spin. A factor was the loss of thermal lifting action.
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
The glider pilot was on a cross-country flight, when thermal lifting action was lost. He initiated a turn to prepare for a final glide. While in the turn, the glider yawed to the left, and the pilot was unable to regain control. After about 1 1/2 rotations of a spin, the left wing tip collided with the ground, and the glider cartwheeled. No evidence of preimpact mechanical failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N202DG
- Reported as
- Glaser-Dirks DG-200
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 2-149
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dewald, Charles F.
- Registered owner
- Dewald, Charles F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1900 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 02J · Cordele, GA
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 647 total · 19 in this make and model · 634 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.