- Date
- June 3, 1992, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Milford, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2724HSchweizer SGS 2-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920603022169A
- Case key
- 37155
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout by the pilot which resulted in the glider striking a vehicle parked next to the runway.
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 gliders initiate their takeoff from the parking area and move on to the runway as they are towed by the tow plane. A vehicle was left parked next to the runway between a glider and the tow plane. As the glider was being towed, and moved onto the runway, the left wing struck the unoccupied vehicle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2724H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 2-32
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 504
- Airframe hours
- 2,012
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nutmeg Soaring Association
- Registered owner
- Nutmeg Soaring Association
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1992
- Departed
- 11N
- Destination
- 11N
- Airport
- 11N · Candlelight Farms, runway 34, 2,900 × 50 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,260 total · 80 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 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.
Other investigations on N2724H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.