# NTSB MIA84LA057: Schweizer 2-33A, N2521H, Eustis, FL, January 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 8, 1984, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Eustis, FL
- Coordinates: 28.849523, -81.680335 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8495&lon=-81.6803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31071
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31071/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA057

## Sequence of events

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

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
  - wind information - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 2-33A
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 42A
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840108000419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840108000419A), Jan 8, 1984: Scwzer SGS233A, Eustis, FL, Destroyed. Dragged a wing trying to shorten landing pattern due to a high sink rate. CFI was demonstrating glider flight.

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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