- Date
- September 10, 1982, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Calistoga, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2450WSchweizer 232
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820910045079A
- Case key
- 70101
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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 acft crashed approximately 3 mi sw of the Calistoga arpt while returning from a local flt. The plt stated to a calif hwy patrol officer at the scene that he lost rudder control & had gone into a spin as a result in air change. The rudder cables were found intact & moved the rudder to the break point of the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2450W
- Reported as
- Schweizer 232
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 50
- Airframe hours
- 1,158
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Calistoga Soaring
- Registered owner
- Calistoga Soaring
- Departed
- Calistoga, CA
- Destination
- Calistoga, CA
- Airport
- Calistoga
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,740 total · 217 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °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 N2450W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.