- Date
- June 5, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Freeport, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65859Schweizer 2-33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830605027179A
- Case key
- 35212
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The glider collided with a fence during landing. The glider had experienced loss of lift shortly after a release from tow at 2500 ft AGL. Heavy sink and alt loss was encountered and continued. The pilot started a long straight in final approach to land but it was started a little late and the glider had insufficient alt left to clear a fence at the approach end of the rwy. The glider wings struck the fence posts. The pilot was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65859
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 347
- Airframe hours
- 914
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glennon C. Kidd
- Registered owner
- Butler Soaring Assoc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 23, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- G06 · Freeport, PA
- Airport
- G06 · Mcville, runway 21, 2,300 × 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
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 332 total · 25 in this make and model · 273 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.