- Date
- June 23, 1992, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesboro, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2781HSchweizer 1-26E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920623056909A
- Case key
- 37179
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall while on approach. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's lack of experience, an improperly planned approach, and the gusty winds.
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 pilot was returning for a landing on runway 23. The pilot reported the winds as being from 260 degrees at 13 knots, with gusts to 20 knots. Prior to the landing area, the terrain slopes downward. A witness observed the glider on final and described it as, 'very low and slow.' The FAA reported the pilot was attempting to stretch his glide and stalled the glider. The glider descended into rising terrain. The pilot's total time was 45 hours with 21 hours as pilot-in-command.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2781H
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26E
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 671
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Augusta Aviation
- Registered owner
- Carl M. Rohmann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1900
- Airport
- W13 · Waynesboro, runway 23, 2,009 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 21 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.