- Date
- July 27, 1992, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ridgeland, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1139SSchweizer 1-26E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920727039169A
- Case key
- 33132
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate inflight planning resulting in an encounter with a windshift on final approach.
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 airline transport pilot was on final approach for landing when he experienced a windshift due to thunderstorm activity. The pilot was unable to obtain the proper touchdown point due to a tailwind. The pilot maneuvered the glider to land in a field to avoid obstacles, and collided with the terrain in a nose down, left wing low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1139S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26E
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 519
- Airframe hours
- 599
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lowcountry Soaring Association
- Registered owner
- Lowcountry Soaring Association
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1992
- Airport
- 3J1 · Ridgeland, runway 3, 3,100 × 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 5 in this make and model · 5,500 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.