- Date
- October 23, 1983, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Norman, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17966Schweizer SGS-2-33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831023054989A
- Case key
- 21188
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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.
Hard landing
Level off - improperCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft made a hard landing & cartwheeled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17966
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 266
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kevin Churchill
- Registered owner
- Central Oklahoma
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Golsby
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OKC, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.