- Date
- May 29, 1972
- Place
- Waialua, HI · WAIALUA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5638VSchweizer SGS222
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166991
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1935 72/5/29 WAIALUA,HAWAII SCHWEIZER SGS222 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 219 TIME - 1445 N5638V PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DILLINGHAM AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAIALUA,HAWAII LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 65 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIT HARD AND BOUNCED.GUSTING TO 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5638V
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS222
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dillingham Afb
N5638VRegistration cancelled Dec 19, 2012 · Schweizer SGU 2-22AAirframe modelSchweizer SGU 2-22AEngine 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.