- Date
- September 16, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ames, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9920JSchweizer SGU2-22E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840916049309A
- Case key
- 33562
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Analysis
The glider plt who had only about 1 hour flt time in this make of glider and less than a hour total glider time misjudged the wind and after drifting downwind was unable to make it back to the arpt. A forced landing was made off arpt in a farm field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9920J
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU2-22E
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 248
- Airframe hours
- 2,480
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Silent Knights, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1984 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- AMW · Ames, IA
- Destination
- AMW · Ames, IA
- Airport
- AMW · Ames
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
- 56
- Certificates
- Student, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 1 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 141° at 15 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM, 30 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.
Other investigations on N9920J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.