- Date
- April 29, 1984, 18:08 local (Apr 30, 1984, 01:08 UTC)
- Place
- Vacaville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7562Schweizer SGS 1-26D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840429016639A
- Case key
- 24248
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Analysis
The student, glider plt stated that he encountered a loss of lift while on the downwind side of a hill. Subsequently, he selected a field for an off-arpt landing. On final apch, the plt noticed a fence in the middle of the field & was unable to avoid it. He reported the wind was from the southwest at 15 gusting 25 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7562
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-26D
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 463
- Airframe hours
- 534
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jay Hauk, doing business as Vac Aero Services
- Registered owner
- Rebecca L. Hauk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 5, 1984
- Departed
- Vacaville, CA
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 5 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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 N7562 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.