- Date
- June 28, 1988, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Warrensburg, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7546Schweizer 2-33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880628023969A
- Case key
- 34594
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a student pilot's first solo in a glider, the plt said he misread the altimeter by 1000 feet. Attempting to land on the airport during the low approach, he struck trees, then a fence, before ground contact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7546
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 176
- Airframe hours
- 2,988
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Mo State Univ. Av Div.
- Registered owner
- Jimmy Knox
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 1988 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- 9K4
- Destination
- 9K4
- Airport
- 9K4 · Sky Haven, runway 18, 3,900 × 75 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 1 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.