- Date
- April 23, 1983, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cadiz, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N173JSSchweizer SGU 2-22E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830423015149A
- Case key
- 12143
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot had spiraled down on base to final approach instead of entering a downwind leg as briefed. As the student turned on final for runway 31, he saw an aircraft that had departed runway 13 and thought a hazard existed. Witnesses reported there was no hazard. The student was high on final, but too low for a 360 degree turn. He nosed the glider over and used spoilers, but during leveloff, he retracted the spoilers. The glider bounced and ran off the end of the runway into a dirt bank. The dirt bank had been made by a coal company and had been in existence for 10-12 years. Attempts by the airport authorities to have the dirt hazard removed had been unsuccessful. Reportedly, runway 31 sloped uphill with a 70 ft incline over its length.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N173JS
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU 2-22E
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 173
- Airframe hours
- 1,601
- Engine
- none N/A, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harrison County Glider Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1982 · 82 hours before
- Airport
- 8G6 · Harrison County, runway 31, 4,378 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 8 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft unknown
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.