- Date
- April 2, 1986, 13:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham Fld, HI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1189SSchweizer 2-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860402013339A
- Case key
- 24939
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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 glider collided with a power line as the plt maneuvered down a valley to recover some airspeed that had been lost along a ridgeline. The vertical fin and rudder were damaged along the top 18 inches but the acft was landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1189S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-32
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 62
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Honolulu Soaring
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 13, 1986 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- HDH · Mokuteia, HI
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,293 total · 364 in this make and model · 1,136 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 117 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.