- Date
- April 25, 1992, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Elbert, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7642Schweizer SGS 1-34
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920425011069A
- Case key
- 18150
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain control of the glider resulting in separation of the right wing. A contributing factor to the accident was: the pilot's limited experience in the Schweizer sgs 1-34.
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 glider was observed in a vertical dive aprx 1,500 ft above ground level. At 500 ft the right wing separated. The pilot had previously flown the glider for 15 minutes and 10 minutes on 4/23/92, an on the day of the accident had flown the glider for 30 minutes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7642
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-34
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 22
- Airframe hours
- 1,874
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Soar Black Forest, Inc., doing business as Black Forest Soaring Society
- Registered owner
- Hans Arnold
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 23, 1991 · 50 hours before
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 1 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N7642 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.