- Date
- January 15, 2006, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Immokalee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5728SSchewizer 233
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Miami, Florida
- FAA report
- 20060115002239A
- Case key
- 63131
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance during the final approach to land, which resulted in an impact with trees, and a hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said that the first part of the flight was uneventful. He returned to Immokalee Airport, and noted that given the direction of the winds, it would be safer for him to make an off airport landing in a nearby field. The pilot said that during the landing, the airplane clipped the top of pine trees, collided with wires, and then he landed the glider hard in the field. In addition, the pilot said that upon landing the field was rough and uneven, and as a result glider incurred substantial damage to its skid and tail-wheel area.
Factual narrative
On January 15, 2006, about 1430 eastern standard time, a Schweizer SGS 2-33 glider, N5728S, registered to High Soaring Inc., and operated by a private individual as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, made a hard landing in Immokalee, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The commercial-rated pilot was not injured, and the glider incurred substantial damage. the flight originated the same day in Immokalee, Florida, about 1345.
The pilot said that after being towed to 3,000 feet and having an uneventful initial part of the flight, he returned to Immokalee Airport, and noted that given the direction of the winds, it would be safer for him to make an off airport landing in a nearby field. The pilot said that during the landing he clipped the top of pine trees which then impacted wires, and he landed the glider hard in the field beyond. In addition, the pilot said that upon landing the field was rough and uneven, and as a result glider incurred substantial damage to its skid, and tail-wheel area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5728S
- Reported as
- Schewizer 233
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 72
- Airframe hours
- 5,330
- Engine
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- High Soaring Inc.,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 2005
- Departed
- IMM · Immokalee, FL
- Destination
- IMM
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
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- February 1, 2005
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,270 total · 22 in this make and model · 1,071 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- APF
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 N5728S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.