- Date
- April 17, 1983, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Erwinna, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2706HSchweizer SGS-2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830417013799A
- Case key
- 35174
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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 was on a dual instructional flight for landing practice. On the final approach to landing the glider lost lift after experiencing excessive sink and clipped the tops of trees. The glider landed short of the intended area and the wings and nose of the acft were damaged. The wind was reported from 320 deg at 12 gusting 16 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2706H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 456
- Airframe hours
- 1,584
- Engine
- NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allen Severn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 10, 1982 · 1,484 hours before
- Departed
- 9N1 · Erwinna, PA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- 9N1 · Vansant, runway 25, 3,000 × 200 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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,104 total · 170 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.