- Date
- March 18, 1984, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Williston, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50RESchweizer SGU-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840318008119A
- Case key
- 31105
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - airport facilityFactor
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
The acft collided with the wind tetrahedron during landing. The plt stated he landed on the grass parrllel to rwy 22 and a combination of landing long and ground effect caused him to hit the telrahedron.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50RE
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU-22
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 15
- Airframe hours
- 1,308
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sante Fe Soaring Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 4, 1983 · 32 hours before
- Airport
- X60 · William Municipal, runway 22, 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
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 15 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.