- Date
- December 18, 1983, 12:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Mokuleia, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17SHSchweizer SGS-2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831218064099A
- Case key
- 24139
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Analysis
The plt was rated for airplanes & helicopters, but did not have a glider rating. He had only 2.5 hrs in gliders, all of which was in this same make & model. During a solo instructional flt, he encountered a high sink while on a base turn to land. He stated that after experiencing the sink rate, he had insufficient altitude to reach the rwy. The plt reported that just prior to touchdown, he encounter a gust of wind, the left wing contacted the ground & the acft ground looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17SH
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 82
- Airframe hours
- 1,725
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Soar Hawaii, Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 24, 1983 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- HDH
- Airport
- HDH · Billingham, runway 8, 9,000 × 100 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,060 total · 3 in this make and model · 2,430 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 78 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.