- Date
- February 28, 1982, 17:20 local (Mar 1, 1982, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7740SSchweizer SGS1-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820228001229A
- Case key
- 72211
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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
During the takeoff roll the glider's right wing collided with the left tire of a parked aircraft. The pilot stated that the accident could have been prevented by pulling the glider out farther.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7740S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS1-260
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 440
- Airframe hours
- 2,773
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Turf Soaring School
- Registered owner
- Turf Soaring School
- Departed
- AZO5 · Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- AZO5 · Phoenix, AZ
- Airport
- AZO5 · Pleasant Valley
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 21 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 183 °F
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 N7740S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.