ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65349
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| Date: | Sunday 25 September 2005 |
| Time: | 14:40 |
| Type: |  Schweizer SGS 2-33A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N33964 |
| MSN: | 367 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4967 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Windsor, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Windsor, VA (3VA8) |
| Windsor, VA (3VA8) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot of a Schweizer SGS 2-33A glider was on her first solo flight. The pilot released the glider from the tow plane about 3000 feet mean sea level, and upon returning to the gliderport, descended below traffic pattern altitude because she "misread her altimeter." According to witnesses, the glider appeared "very low" on the base leg. The pilot overflew the runway approach path, turned "too sharply" to align with the runway centerline, and "[the glider] fell out of the sky." The glider overflew the runway and struck a hangar wall, a tent support post, and came to rest on top of two ground support vehicles. The pilot reported that there were no deficiencies with the performance and handling of the glider.
Probable Cause: The solo student pilot's loss of control during landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20060925X01386&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 August 2008 | N33964 | Tidewater Soaring Society | 0 | Windsor, VA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2009 10:16 | David Colclasure | Added |
| 02-Jul-2009 08:21 | DColclasure | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Dec-2017 11:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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