# NTSB MIA00LA148: Schweizer SGS 2-33, N5738S, Jacksonville, FL, May 6, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 6, 2000, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC) - Place: Jacksonville, FL - Coordinates: 30.269617, -81.749984 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2696&lon=-81.7500&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 49145 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00LA148 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49145/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA148 ## Probable cause the student pilot's misjudgment of the aircraft's altitude and subsequent maneuver to avoid an obstacle, that resulted in a loss of airspeed, an inadvertent stall, and an inflight loss of control, which resulted in damage to the aircraft during landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - distance/altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - maneuver to avoid obstructions - attempted, pilot in command - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command - In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled - object - tree(s) ## Analysis The student pilot stated that he was performing steep turns to dissipate altitude and land, but ended up being low, with wires impeding his path of flight. The student further stated that as he maneuvered to avoid the wires, the glider lost lift, and fell towards the ground. The student said he then lowered the nose to avoid landing empennage first, but during the landing the glider was damaged. An FAA inspector examined the accident aircraft, and stated that during the landing the left wing hit a tree and the spar was damaged. ## Factual narrative On May 6, 2000, about 1430 eastern daylight time, a Schweizer SGS 2-33, N5738S, registered to and operated by the North Florida Soaring Society, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed on landing at Herlong Airport, Jacksonville, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The glider incurred substantial damage, and the student pilot was not injured. The flight originated the same day, about 1400. The student pilot said that he was maneuvering the glider over the airport, performing steep turns to dissipate his altitude in order to land. He further stated that he had lost too much altitude, and ended up being too low with wires obstructing his path of flight, and as he maneuvered to avoid the wires, the glider lost lift, and fell towards the ground. He said that he then kept the glider's nose down until he got closer to the ground to prevent a tail wheel landing, but he landed in a slight right turn and the aircraft was damaged. An FAA inspector who examined the accident aircraft stated that during the landing, the left wing hit a tree and the spar was damaged. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5738S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5738S-2013-04-23), registration cancelled 2013-04-23, S/N 80, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Schweizer SGS 2-33 - Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 2-33](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33) (registry code 8051604) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Glider - Serial number: 80 - Airframe hours: 2841 - Engines: unknown - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: North Florida Soaring Society - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2000 - Departed: 23J - Airport: 23J, Herlong ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 16; student; medical: unknown; seat: front; flight hours: 37 total, 14 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 50° at 10 knots, gusting 15 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 61 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: CRG, 8 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000506017799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000506017799A), May 6, 2000: Scwzer SGS233, Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. (-23)During the landing, the left wing hit hard causing the glider to swing left. The left wing hit a tree about mid range of wing. Student hass been… ## Other investigations on N5738S (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB MIA70F0258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70F0258), Nov 2, 1969: Scweizer SGS233 (N5738S), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.