- Date
- November 6, 1992, 15:20 local (Nov 7, 1992, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Mokuleia, HI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5761SSchweizer SGS 2-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921106045849A
- Case key
- 27857
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Probable cause
The flight's encounter with unforecasted unfavorable winds (loss of thermal lift) and downdrafts while on final approach to the runway.
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
Shortly after being released from an aero tow, the glider encountered strong sink conditions. The pilot immediately returned to the departure airport and executed a precautionary landing. The strong sink conditions continued throughout the approach. The pilot was unable to flare the glider and it sustained a hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5761S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 2-32
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 59
- Airframe hours
- 13,285
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Honolulu Soaring Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Honolulu Soaring Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 26, 1992 · 87 hours before
- Airport
- PHDH · Dillingham Airfield, runway 8, 9,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 8,750 total · 280 in this make and model · 5,440 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.