- Date
- June 24, 1984, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lucerne Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7712SSchweizer SGS-126D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840624028469A
- Case key
- 24324
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student plt reported that during a winch launch with a left x-wind, the wind lifted the left wing & the right wing contacted the ground. The glider then veered to the right & the right wing hit a wind sock & a vehicle. He reported that a wind-shift had just occurred & the x-wind was from 180 degs at 10 KTS gusting to 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7712S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-126D
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 412
- Airframe hours
- 1,307
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Southern Ca Soarding Assoc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 23, 1984
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 3 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- 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.