- Date
- October 3, 1982, 16:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Kutztown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2515HSchweizer SGS1-26
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821003050859A
- Case key
- 71293
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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.
Overrun
Distance - misjudgedCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
On ground/water collision with object
ObjectFactor
Object - utility poleFactor
Analysis
The student pilot reported that while he was landing the glider, he overshot. Subsequently, the glider collided with a signboard and pole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2515H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS1-26
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 655
- Airframe hours
- 397
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kutztown Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kutztown Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- N31 · Kutztown, PA
- Destination
- N31 · Kutztown, PA
- Airport
- N31 · Kutztown, runway 35, 2,500 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 5 total · 5 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 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.