- Date
- April 17, 1982, 14:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Colorado Spring, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2045TSchweizer SGS-2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820417035919A
- Case key
- 70302
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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.
Analysis
The student pilot reported that he came over the airport at about 1200 ft AGL to enter a downwind for landing. He stated that he encountered a moderate to strong sink and strong southerly winds. He estimated that the wind velocity was 45 to 50 mph at 1000 ft AGL. In order to penetrate, he increased his speed at the expense of altitude and turned downwind at about 600 ft AGL. The pilot reported that with the strong tailwind, he overshot his reference point for a turn to base. After turning base, the aircraft drifted further north. He then made a hard turn to final approach, but was too low to clear trees north of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2045T
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 475
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Wave Flights, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wave Flights, Inc.
- Departed
- CO26 · Colorado Spring, CO
- Destination
- CO26 · Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport
- CO26 · Black Forest Gliderport, runway 17, 5,000 × 20 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 20 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 35 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2045T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.