# NTSB CHI83LA315: Schweizer 1-36, N36193, Ionia, MI, July 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 13, 1983, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Ionia, MI
- Coordinates: 42.979904, -85.049758 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9799&lon=-85.0498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12264
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA315
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12264/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA315

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 1-36
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 30
- Airframe hours: 81
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 23; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830713035489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830713035489A), Jul 13, 1983: Scwzer SGS136, Ionia, MI, Substantial damage. Not used to higher performance glider. Overcontrolled pitch on landing. Porpoised and came down hard on glider nose

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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