- Date
- July 5, 1984, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eagle, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2463WSchweizer SGS 2-33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840705029949A
- Case key
- 16423
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Maneuver - excessiveCause
Stall - not correctedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Flare - not possibleCause
Analysis
The acft was turned at a low alt in high density alt on final approach and stalled at about 20 ft AGL. The glider contacted the rwy and ground looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2463W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 26
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Denver Soaring Council, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- EGE · Eagle County, runway 8, 5,000 × 60 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EGE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.