- Date
- September 10, 1988, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Briggs, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8083Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880910038129A
- Case key
- 22514
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintin sufficient airspeed as he maneuvered to re-align the glider during final approach for landing. This resulted in 45-60 degree bank angle at very low altitudes, which culminated in the less of control and collision with the fence.
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
A witness rprtd the glider was low & slow as it was approaching to land. Reportedly, the plt maneuvered the glider into a steep bank to align it with the rwy. Subsequently, it contacted the top wire of a fence near the apch end of the rwy & crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8083
- Reported as
- Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus (STANDARD C)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 153
- Airframe hours
- 807
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas Macjarrett
- Registered owner
- Macjarrett, Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1988
- Airport
- FLF · Faultless Flyer, runway 16, grass/turf
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 158 total · 3 in this make and model · 101 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8083 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.