- Date
- February 10, 1985, 13:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Immokalee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5587XMonerai S-P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850210006669A
- Case key
- 31352
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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.
Analysis
The plt was making an apch to a grass portion of the arpt not usually used for acft. The glider contacted pwr lines during the apch and subsequently collided wtih the terrain. The plt stated he never saw the pwr lines before contacting them.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5587X
- Reported as
- Monerai S-P
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0045
- Engine
- Zenoah N/A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jesse B. Reznor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 1984 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- IMM · Immokalee, runway 9, 2,500 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 738 total · 55 in this make and model · 565 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 27 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.