- Date
- October 27, 1983, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- North Conway, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7629Schweizer SGS 1-34
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831027057939A
- Case key
- 35457
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - downdraftCause
Compensation for wind conditions - not possibleCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
According to the pilot, the glider was towed to 2000 feet and released, in lift. Flt was in lift for about 30 minutes when a strong sink was suddenly encountered. The glider crashed into trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7629
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-34
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 9
- Airframe hours
- 673
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aero Club Albatross, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1983
- Departed
- CWN · No. Conway, NH
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- CWN · White Mountain, runway 33, 3,000 × 70 ft, asphalt
N7629Registration cancelled Feb 26, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 1-34Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-34Engine modelNONE
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 338 total · 35 in this make and model · 260 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.