# NTSB MIA84LA120: Schweizer SGU-22, N50RE, Williston, FL, March 18, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 18, 1984, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Williston, FL
- Coordinates: 29.370409, -82.449958 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3704&lon=-82.4500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31105
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31105/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA120

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50RE), registered now, S/N 15 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGU-22
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGU 2-22](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgu-2-22) (registry code 8050602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 15
- Airframe hours: 1308
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840318008119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840318008119A), Mar 18, 1984: Scwzer SGU222, Williston, FL, Substantial damage. Glider pilot made long landing in grass along side of runway and glider collided with tetrahedron.

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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