- Date
- June 26, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Phelan, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5743SSchweizer SGS 1-26B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830626038799A
- Case key
- 23793
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a local flt, thermal activity decreased, so the glider plt headed back to the arpt. On the way back, he encounted an area of sinking air & lost 1500 to 2000 ft of alt. He elected to land on a road. During the roll-out, the left wing hit a dirt shoulder beside the road & the glider ground looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5743S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-26B
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 391
- Airframe hours
- 1,171
- Engine
- None, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary M. Nakatani
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1983 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- L69 · Elmirage, CA
- Airport
- Elmirage Sky Ranch, runway 25, 3,200 × 150 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 398 total · 30 in this make and model · 270 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 10 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.