- Date
- April 23, 1986, 12:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Hemet, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2032TSchweizer SGS-2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860423013439A
- Case key
- 25129
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Analysis
A glider struck wires while on final apch to a field. The plt indicated that he was towed to an alt of 5,000 ft MSL (aprx 3,500 ft AGL). On release, he encountered a downdraft of more than 500 ft per minute and was only able to stay airborne 6 to 7 minutes. The plt then turned the glider toward the arpt. When it became apparent he would not be able to reach it, he selected a field for a forced landing area. On final apch he saw wires and attempted to fly under them the acft vertical stabilizer struck the wires damaging it and the rudder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2032T
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 462
- Airframe hours
- 3,549
- Engine
- unknown, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Venable Aircraft Corp, doing business as Hemet Valley Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 13, 1986 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- HMT · Hemet, CA
- Airport
- HMT · Hemet-Ryan, runway 4, 2,045 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 291 total · 4 in this make and model · 154 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIV, 25 nm away
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 N2032T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.