- Date
- January 8, 1984, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eustis, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2521HSchweizer 2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840108000419A
- Case key
- 31071
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Wind information - misjudgedCause
Altitude - not maintainedCause
Stall - not correctedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt stated that she attempted to make a low downwind turn to final from approximately 300 ft AGL and the acft encountered a roll effect over some pine trees on the west side of the rwy. The left wing tip struck the ground and pulled the nose into the ground. Injury was the result of improper use of seat belt/shoulder harness retraints.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2521H
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 42A
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Triangle Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1983
- Airport
- X55 · Eustis, runway 36, 3,000 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 40 in this make and model · 5,720 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 47 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.