- Date
- August 14, 1983, 14:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Jamul, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2941HSchweizer SGS 1-35C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830814040679A
- Case key
- 23489
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Analysis
Reportedly, after waiting almost 2 hrs, the plt decided he would fly the sailplane, either for 1 hr or until the owner arrived, when the owner arrived, he observed the sailplane flying back & forth along the north side of ridge area. Subsequently, the acft crashed in a wooded area on the downwind side of a ridge that sloped downward to the north at about a 30 deg angle. Athough there were no known witnesses, the owner saw the sailplane disappear behind a ridge in the vicinity of the accident side. During impact, the sailplane struck a tree, aprx 12 ft tall, & broke it in half. It came to rest on trees & brush with extensive damage to the nose & cockpit areas. No preimpact malfunction or failure of the sailplane was found. The crash site was located in an area known to have periods of high sink. The plt was a naval aviator with only about 3.4 hrs flt time in this make & model.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2941H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-35C
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 91
- Airframe hours
- 306
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald A. Faulhaber Jr.
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1982 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- Jamul, CA
- Airport
- Nichols Field, runway 27, 2,600 × 65 ft, dirt
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 925 total · 3 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Observed at
- SDM, 5 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.