- Date
- October 16, 1983, 11:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Falcon, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1232SSchweizer SGS 2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831016056869A
- Case key
- 16282
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the descent for landing, the plt observed that the wind was from the south. The plt decided to land downwind in the upsloping direction of the glider strip rather than upwind in the downsloping direction. He made his base leg too close to the strip & he was high & fast on final. During the landing flare a gust of wind raised the left wing which caused the right wing to drag & the glider to ground loop. The wind was gusting to 25 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1232S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 216
- Airframe hours
- 2,889
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William M. Jensen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- QQV · Meadow Lake, runway 23, 1,500 × ft, gravel
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 109 total · 5 in this make and model · 84 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.