- Date
- December 23, 2004, 11:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Waialua, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2751ZSchweizer SGS 1-26B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration FSDO
- FAA report
- 20041223035709A
- Case key
- 61062
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Probable cause
the pilot misjudged distance and altitude and failed to attain the proper landing touchdown point.
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 landed long, went into the overrun area and ground looped. The pilot was tow launched from runway 8. Winds were light (5-15 knots) and variable. Upon reentering the airport traffic pattern he followed landing traffic for runway 26. On final approach for runway 26 he was at 350 feet and had 1,500 feet of runway remaining below him. He landed long and touched down approximately 30 feet from the departure end of the runway pavement. The glider continued to rollout into the grass overrun. About 20 mph, the left wing touched the ground, and the glider ground looped to the left, damaging the left wing and fuselage.
Factual narrative
On December 23, 2004, at 1145 Hawaiian standard time, a Schweizer SGS 1-26B, N2751Z, landed long and collided with terrain at Dillingham Field, Waialua, Hawaii. Honolulu Soaring Club operated the glider, piloted by a private glider pilot, under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot was not injured, and the glider was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan had not been filed. The flight originated at 1110 from Dillingham Field.
The pilot stated in the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2) that he was tow launched from runway 8. Winds were light (5-15 knots) and variable. Upon reentering the airport traffic pattern he followed landing traffic for runway 26. He approached runway 26 at 350 feet and had 1,500 feet of runway below him. He landed long, touched down approximately 30 feet from the departure end of the runway pavement, and continued to rollout into the grass overrun. About 20 mph, the left wing touched the ground, and the glider ground looped to the left, damaging the left wing and fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2751Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-26B
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 262
- Engine
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Honolulu Soaring Club
- Registered owner
- Honolulu Soaring Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KHDH · Waialua, HI
- Destination
- KHDH · Waialua, HI
- Airport
- KHDH · Dillingham Field, runway 26, 9,007 × 75 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
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- HNL, 25 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.