Schweizer SGS 2-33A N1211S
4 August 2013 · Erwinna, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 4 August 2013 at about 15:23 local time, a Schweizer SGS 2-33A registered N1211S was involved in an accident near Erwinna, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 15:23
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Erwinna, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Vansant Airport (9N1)
- Coordinates
- 40.4842, -75.0994
- Aircraft
- Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Registration
- N1211S
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Erwinna → Erwinna
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA13CA352
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's improper altitude and energy management in the landing pattern which resulted in the glider impacting a tree and landing short of the runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During a local solo flight, the student pilot planned to land the glider on runway 23. On the downwind leg of the airport traffic pattern the glider was “high at the key”. Abeam the end of the runway he was still “a little high” so he elected to deploy the wing spoilers. Then while turning on to the base leg of the traffic pattern he was still high, so he decided to crab into the wind and slip the glider. While on base prior to turning final he noticed that the “wind had picked up and it slowed the glider down.” Turning final he noticed “it was going to be close” and had contemplated changing to runway 25; however, he thought the glider would make it to runway 23. The glider impacted a tree about 25 feet above ground level with the left wing and came to rest short of the runway. Postaccident examination of the glider revealed that the left wing and fuselage were substantially damaged.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Schweizer SGS-2 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2013 | Schweizer SGS 2-32 | Shirley, New York, United States | Long Island Soaring Assoc Inc | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 May 2013 | Schweizer SGS 2-33A | Erwinna, Pennsylvania, United States | Civil Air Patrol | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 Jun 2013 | Schweizer SGS 2-33A | Waynesville, Ohio, United States | Caesars Creek Soaring Club | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jul 2013 | Schweizer SGS 2-33A | Hood River, Oregon, United States | Gary Boggs | Serious injuries | - |
| 2 Sep 2013 | Schweizer SGS 2 33A | Hampshire, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Nov 2012 | Schweizer SGS 2-32 | Boulder, Colorado, United States | Soaring Society of Boulder Inc | Minor injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Sep 2013 | Cessna T-50 | Lenox Twp., Pennsylvania, United States | HUF Thomas | Fatal | 2 |
| 6 Sep 2013 | Engineering & Research 415-D | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States | Ferren Larry | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jul 2013 | Robinson R66 | Noxen, Pennsylvania, United States | David E. Jenny | Fatal | 5 |
| 21 Apr 2013 | Cameron Balloons Us Z-225 | Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, United States | U.S. Hot Air Balloon Team | Serious injuries | - |
| 8 Sep 2013 | Piper PA-31P | Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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