- Date
- January 29, 1983, 14:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Hempstead, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2465WSchweizer SGS 1-26B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830129001589A
- Case key
- 20700
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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.
Analysis
The glider was observed to stall/spin during turn from base to final. The plt was endorsed for solo in the heavier blanik L-13 & Schweizer 2-33, but not in the 1-26B. His logbook revealed four instructor entries concerning airspeed control. The acft was being operated by a soaring club.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2465W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-26B
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 373
- Airframe hours
- 1,350
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Soaring Club Of Houston
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 18, 1982 · 164 hours before
- Airport
- 35R · Hempstead
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 3 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.