# NTSB CHI88LA016: Schweizer SGS 2-33A, N1219S, Union, IL, October 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 25, 1987, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Union, IL
- Coordinates: 42.229228, -88.539382 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2292&lon=-88.5394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14008
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14008/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA016

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing
  - planned approach - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper descent rate - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1219S-2009-10-26), registration cancelled 2009-10-26, S/N 209, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 2-33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (registry code 8051606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 209
- Airframe hours: 3200
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871025062299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871025062299A), Oct 25, 1987: Scwzer SGS233A, Union, IL, Substantial damage. Landed short of the runway. Caught a wing on the ground causing glider to slide sideways. Blamed downdraft.

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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