- Date
- August 19, 1984, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Mineral Wells, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1129SSchweizer SGS 1-26E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840819041259A
- Case key
- 21429
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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 destroyed during ground contact after stalling at aprx 250 ft AGL. The plt reported that conflicting traffic resulted in an acceleration of the tow truck and a premature release of the towed acft. After the release the ascending acft stalled and hit the ground after 2 and 1/2 vertical rolls. The nose down impact was next to rwy 31/13.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1129S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-26E
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 513
- Airframe hours
- 513
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sprots Aviation Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- MWL · Mineral Wells, TX
- Airport
- Mineral Wells, runway 31, 4,300 × ft, asphalt
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
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 46 total · 21 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.