- Date
- June 9, 1984, 14:28 local (18:28 UTC)
- Place
- Williston, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N33916Schweizer SGS 1-26E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840609023199A
- Case key
- 30998
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was observed to enter a left base leg for rwy 4. The plt continued to fly the base leg heading & flew thru the final apch leg. The acft then entered a right bank, & after 180 deg of turn, it stalled & went into a right spin at an estimated 600 to 800 feet. No visible attempts to recovered were noted. The glider crashed in a field along the final apch course to rwy 4. No preimpact structural failure or flt control malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33916
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-26E
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 639
- Airframe hours
- 413
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Santa Fe Soaring Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1984 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- X60 · Wiliston, runway 4, 7,000 × 150 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 50 in this make and model · 41 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 23 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.