- Date
- July 13, 1983, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ionia, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N36193Schweizer 1-36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830713035489A
- Case key
- 12264
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftCause
Analysis
The glider struck the ground on the nose during the appraoac. The plt stated that nose pitch oscillations were due to his overcontrolling the glider because of his lack of experience in the glider's pitch sensitivity.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36193
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-36
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 30
- Airframe hours
- 81
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Benz Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1982 · 40 hours before
- Airport
- Y70 · Ionia County, runway 27, 3,700 × 75 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 2 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.