# NTSB DEN86FA103: I.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2, N32907, Cedar City, UT, March 24, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 24, 1986, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Coordinates: 37.590618, -113.190612 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5906&lon=-113.1906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16814
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86FA103
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16814/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA103

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT AND PAX WERE RETURNING FROM A LCL FLT. TWO FSS SPECIALISTS OBSERVED THE GLIDER ON FINAL APPROACH TO RWY 20. THEY STATED THAT THE ACFT COMPLETED TWO 360 DEGREE TURNS WITH 90 DEGREES OF BANK. THE GLIDER WAS IN THE THIRD 360 DEGREE TURN WHEN THE WITNESSES SAW THE NOSE OF THE ACFT RISE SLIGHTLY THEN FALL TO A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE APPROACH END OF RWY 20.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N32907](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32907-2012-03-23), registration cancelled 2012-03-23, S/N 93, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: I.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2
- Registry model: [I.C.A.-Brasov IS-28B2](https://openairdocs.org/model/i-c-a-brasov-is-28b2) (registry code 4490102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 93
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John M. Dwyer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 5, 1985
- Airport: CDC, Cedar City, runway 20, 7,800 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 6,100 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CDC

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860324007659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860324007659A), Mar 24, 1986: Brasov IS28B2, Cedar City, UT, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. The glider stalled while maneuvering for landing and impacted the ground.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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