- Date
- September 17, 1983, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N57835Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830917052329A
- Case key
- 23858
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Analysis
According to the student plt, he had found an area of lift after releasing from the tow plane & had soared to 2100 ft. however, while he was returning to the arpt, he realized that he would be too low to reach the rwy. He attempted to land on a highway, but the acft struck a building with the left wing, then the right wing encountered telephone lines. The glider came to rest with the right wing suspended by the lines. Reportedly, all of the student's flt time in gliders was accumulated on the day of the accident. He also had 20 hrs flt time in single eng acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57835
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 114
- Airframe hours
- 3,070
- Engine
- unknown 06, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brett Willat
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 1, 1983 · 93 hours before
- Airport
- 807 · Sky, runway 28, 1,840 × 30 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 16
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 5 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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