# NTSB CHI82DA169: Schweizer SGU 2 22E, N2732Z, Belden, OH, May 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1982, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Belden, OH
- Coordinates: 41.280372, -82.030845 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2804&lon=-82.0308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69912
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA169
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69912/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA169

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - terrain condition - open field

## Analysis

DURING DUAL FLIGHT IN A GLIDER PRACTICING STALLS THE PILOT RECOVERED AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND COLLIDED WITH WIRES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2732Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2732Z-1983-08-29), registration cancelled 1983-08-29, S/N 191 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGU 2 22E
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGU 2-22E](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgu-2-22e) (registry code 8050612) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 191
- Airframe hours: 2862
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Vincent L. Consigli
- Registered owner: Mihaly Nemes
- Departed: BELDEN, OH
- Destination: BELDEN, OH
- Airport: Belden, runway 27, 2,650 × 200 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, multi-engine sea, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 5,184 total, 53 in this make and model, 4,034 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 156 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820516045579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820516045579A), May 16, 1982: Scwzer SGU222E, Belden, OH, Destroyed. Glider hit wire and crashed during low approach for landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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