- Date
- June 29, 1994, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65807Schweizer 2-33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940629033899A
- Case key
- 8949
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Probable cause
The instuctors inadequate supervision of the student who misjudged distance/altitude.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
A student and certified flight instructor(CFI) were on a thermal training flight when they encountered downdrafts. The flight was diverted to a nearby airport. On final approach the CFI realized the glider did not have enough altitude to land on the runway. The CFI took control of the glider and during a right turn the right wing dragged weeds and the glider crashed. The CFI reported that the accident could have been avoided if he had chosen an alternate landing site sooner.
Factual narrative
On June 29, 1994, about 1615 eastern daylight time, a Schweizer 2-33 glider, N65807, being flown as an instructional flight collided with terrain while on approach to runway 26 at the Waynesville Airport near Waynesville, Ohio. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The certified flight instructor and his student were not injured. The glider sustained substantial damage. The flight was being operated by the Caesar Creek Soaring Club of Waynesville, Ohio under 14 CFR 91.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration aviation safety inspector the certified flight instructor(CFI) reported that the flight departed Caesar Creek Gliderport to conduct thermal training. Due to the presence of downdrafts the CFI diverted the flight to the Waynesville Airport. During the approach the CFI realized that the glider lacked sufficient altitude to land on the runway. The CFI reported that he took over the controls from the student and made a right turn. The CFI stated that during the turn the "...R[ight] wing dragged weeds causing hard R[ight] yaw and the nose to hit the ground."
A postaccident inspection of the glider revealed that the right wing was sheared off near the midway point and the left wing and nose cone were dented.
The pilot stated this accident could have been avoided if he had chosen an alternate landing site sooner.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65807
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 297
- Airframe hours
- 4,800
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Caesar Creek Soaring Club
- Registered owner
- Soaring Society Of Dayton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1994 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Caesar Creek, OH
- Destination
- 401 · OH
- Airport
- 401 · Waynesville, runway 26, 3,675 × 125 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
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,568 total · 224 in this make and model · 1,379 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.