- Date
- October 25, 1987, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Union, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1219SSchweizer SGS 2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871025062299A
- Case key
- 14008
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The glider was approaching to land when, according to the pilot, he noticed the aircraft was descending 'too fast' and his airspeed was 'too slow'. The pilot then realized he wasn't going to make the runway and decided to land the glider in a nearby field. The glider touched down with the right wing first, causing substantial damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1219S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 209
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sky Soaring Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1987
- Departed
- 55LL · Union, IL
- Destination
- 55LL
- Airport
- 55LL · Sky Soaring, runway 27, 3,100 × 60 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.