- Date
- August 3, 1986, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marana, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34180Schweizer SGS-1-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860803040159A
- Case key
- 25228
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Analysis
A Schweizer sgs 1-35, landed hard after a steep final approach. The pilot indicated that he was high on final approach and initially applied 30 degrees of flaps. He was still too high and elected to use 80 degrees (full) flaps. The aircraft landed hard nose donw on the aircraft belly forward of landing gear. The aircraft canopy was broken immediately by the impact. The aircraft then overran the dirt runway and came to rest in vegetation off the end. The pilot also indicated that this was his first flight in this model glider and that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34180
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-1-35
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 20
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Marana, AZ
- Airport
- Taylor Field, runway 36, 3,000 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- Private
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 1 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.