- Date
- September 4, 1982, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- High Springs, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2460WSchweizer SGS 1-26B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820904048029A
- Case key
- 71025
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was on a round robin cross-country flight. On the last leg of the flight, he was unable to locate sufficient lift to reach the destination. A large, unobstructed field was selected for a landing. However, the field contained a stand of waist High coffee weeds which the pilot did not recognize from the air, he thought he would be landing in a pasture. During the landing, the glider was damaged when it encountered the tall weeds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2460W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-26B
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 371
- Airframe hours
- 1,178
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard L. Reynolds
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Reynolds
- Departed
- High Springs, FL
- Destination
- High Springs, FL
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 163 total · 14 in this make and model · 114 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 13 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.