- Date
- December 3, 1989, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2610HSchweizer SGS-2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891203048789A
- Case key
- 14599
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Probable cause
The dual student did not maintain proper glidepath and his misjudgment for compensation for wind conditions resulted in a collision with utility wires. The cfi's inadequate supervision during the duel flight operation contributed to the accident.
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.
Analysis
The CFI stated that while attempting a landing in a strong crosswind, the student pilot made an abrupt movement of the elevator. The instructor was unable to recover before the glider struck a wire. The aircraft recoiled into the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2610H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 430
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stewart Aircraft Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 30, 1989 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 40I · Waynesville, OH
- Airport
- 40I · Waynesville, runway 26, 3,675 × 125 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
- 63
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,526 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,485 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY, 25 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.