- Date
- September 29, 1983, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Warrensburg, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7776SSchweizer SGS-2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830929073849A
- Case key
- 33495
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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 glider landed short of the rwy hitting a rough hump which was an old fence line. The glider bounced & landed hard on the rwy. The pax was hospitalized for 4 days for observation & treatment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7776S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 146
- Airframe hours
- 821
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Central Missouri State Univers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 10, 1983 · 43 hours before
- Airport
- 9K4 · Skyhaven, runway 18, 2,000 × 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 7 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7776S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.