# NTSB MIA82DA186: Schweizer SGS 1-26B, N2460W, High Springs, FL, September 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 4, 1982, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: High Springs, FL
- Coordinates: 29.820489, -82.589546 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8205&lon=-82.5895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71025
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA186
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71025/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA186

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition (contributing factor)
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2460W), registered now, S/N 371, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26B
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-26B](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26b) (registry code 8050118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 371
- Airframe hours: 1178
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820904048029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820904048029A), Sep 4, 1982: Scwzer SGS126B, High Springs, FL, Substantial damage. Ran out of lift returning to Gliderport. Chose a field with waist High coffee weeds. Ground looped on landing.

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.

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