- Date
- October 23, 1983, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- New River, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7558Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831023056119A
- Case key
- 24074
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Analysis
The student plt was on his 9th solo landing when he landed on rwy 27 with a x-wing from 200 deg at 10 KTS. During the landing, the glider drifted to the north into some bushes, then swerved into a tree. The plt reported that upon landing, he lower the wrong wing (right wing) & allowed the glider to drift to the north.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7558
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 188
- Airframe hours
- 12,577
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roy M. Coulliette
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 1983 · 36 hours before
- Airport
- AZ05 · Pleasant Valley, runway 27, 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
- 16
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 41 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 54 °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 N7558 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.