- Date
- August 19, 1989, 09:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N414LFSchweizer SGS-2-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890819030489A
- Case key
- 36464
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Probable cause
Improper compensation for wind conditions by the pilot. A factor related to the accidetn was: the downdraft.
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
During an approach for landing, the glider encountered a very strong sink and collided with trees when the flight was unable to reach the airport. It crashed 150 feet short of the runway threshold and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N414LF
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-2-32
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 85
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Connecticut Soaring Center
- Departed
- Plymouth, CT
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,066 total · 213 in this make and model · 4,923 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N414LF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.