- Date
- October 1, 1992, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Heber City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2763HSchweizer SSG 2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921001046329A
- Case key
- 42949
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The proper alignment was not maintained by the pilot. A factor relating to the accident was the sign located beside the runway.
Analysis
The pilot attempted to make an aero-tow takeoff in the fuselage wheel landing gear equipped glider with the left wing skid on the runway. The acft drifted left at the beginning of the takeoff roll and the left wing impacted a taxiway sign beside the runway when the acft reached about 5 mph.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2763H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SSG 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 513
- Airframe hours
- 2,128
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rowser, Leland C., doing business as High Valley Aviation
- Registered owner
- Rowser, Leland C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 28, 1992
- Airport
- 36U · Heber Valley, runway 21, 6,900 × 75 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 185 total · 87 in this make and model · 165 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PVU, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.