- Date
- October 3, 1981
- Place
- Los Lunas, NM · LOS LUNAS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2534HSchweizer 2-33A
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811003065099A
- Case key
- 123334
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2532 81/10/3 LOS LUNAS,NM SCHWEIZER 2-33A CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 221 TIME - 1500 N2534H PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MID VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS LUNAS,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- THERMALS DETERIORATED,ENCTRD DWNDFT,UN REACH ARPT.CRASHED WHILE AVOIDING PWR LNS ARND SELECTED FLD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2534H
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mid Valley
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.