- Date
- June 3, 1988, 16:38 local (23:38 UTC)
- Place
- Vacaville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7768SSchweizer SGS 2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880603018109A
- Case key
- 26021
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a pleasure flt, the plt extended the downwind leg for landing, thinking that the touchdown altitude was 12 ft instead of, in actuality, 220 ft. the plt normally flew out of another airport with an alt of 12 ft. from the extended downwind, the glider did not have sufficient alt to land on the rwy. The glider touched down short and during the landing roll collided with a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7768S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 138
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lagoon Valley Soaring
- Registered owner
- Mayes, Brooks R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 15, 1988
- Airport
- CA58 · Vacaville, runway 18, 2,100 × 75 ft, dirt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 109 total · 39 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Observed at
- SUU
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7768S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.