- Date
- June 29, 2013, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36135Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Defining event
- Landing: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20130629011489A
- Case key
- 87353
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Probable cause
The pilot did not attain a proper touchdown point during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the simulated altimeter and spoiler failure and the flight instructor's lack of remedial action.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
During the local training flight, the flight instructor simulated a spoiler and altimeter failure while landing. The glider was high and fast and the pilot attempted to lose altitude by performing both side slips and S-turns while on final. The glider overran the runway and impacted trees at the departure end of runway 27 (2,800 feet by 150 feet, turf). The right wing was substantially damaged during the impact with the trees. There were no mechanical anomalies that would have prevented normal operation prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
During the local training flight, the flight instructor simulated a spoiler and altimeter failure while landing. The glider was high and fast and the pilot attempted to lose altitude by performing both side slips and S-turns while on final. The glider overran the runway and impacted trees at the departure end of runway 27 (2,800 feet by 150 feet, turf). The right wing was substantially damaged during the impact with the trees. There were no mechanical anomalies that would have prevented normal operation prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36135
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 564
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Caesars Creek Soaring Club
- Registered owner
- Soaring Society Of Dayton Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 2013
- Departed
- 2OH9 · Waynesville, OH
- Destination
- 2OH9 · Waynesville, OH
- Airport
- 2OH9 · Caesar Creek Gliderport, runway 27, 2,800 × 150 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 87
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Last flight review
- July 13, 2011
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,929 total · 75 in this make and model · 1,850 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Last flight review
- July 8, 2011
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 622 total · 450 in this make and model · 545 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.62 inHg
- Observed at
- KMGY, 9 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 29, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N36135 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.