- Date
- July 31, 1982, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eighty Four, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7774SSchweizer SGS-2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820731035129A
- Case key
- 70559
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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 tow line released at 40 feet AGL in a glider tow launch. The glider pilot tried to land on the runway but landed adjacent to it and collided with a tree which ground-looped the glider. The tow hitch mechanism was broken off at the tubing cluster & was distorted. The tow hitch was still attached to the glider release cable only & was in the closed position. However, it was still capable of operating in its distorted condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7774S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 144
- Airframe hours
- 1,860
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pittsburg Soaring Club
- Registered owner
- Pittsburg Soaring Club
- Departed
- 22D · Eighty Four, PA
- Destination
- 22D · Eighty Four, PA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- 22D · Bandel Airport
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 70 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.