- Date
- August 14, 1983, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Caddo Mills, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2693HSchweizer SGS 1-26F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830814040479A
- Case key
- 21008
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt saw a small thunderstorm moving toward the arpt, so he returned to land before it arrived. He stated he was 2 to 3 min too late. While in the traffic pattern, he encountered turbulence, downdrafts & winds reportedly gusting to 30 KTS. As the plt turned onto final apch, the glider suddenly dropped, touched down hard short of the rwy & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2693H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-26F
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 673
- Airframe hours
- 397
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald L. Coburn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 7F3 · Caddo Mills
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.