- Date
- September 18, 1983, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Park City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7636Schweizer SGS 1-34
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830918050229A
- Case key
- 16160
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The glider dragged a wing and nosed into the ground before ground looping during landing. The pilot said he was lifted by an updraft during landing and was running out of landing space so he turned to an alternate area. The turn was made at 150-200 ft AGL & the winds were gusting in velocity from 15 to 25 KTS according to the ground crew. As the plt leveled the acft to land in a hayfield the left wing dropped to the ground followed by the nose. The acft then groundlooped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7636
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-34
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 16
- Airframe hours
- 1,091
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Utah Soaring Association
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1982
- Departed
- 36U · Heber City, UT
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 913 total · 34 in this make and model · 877 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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 N7636 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.