ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69432
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Date: | Saturday 12 February 1994 |
Time: | 16:45 LT |
Type: | Schweizer SGS 2-33-A |
Owner/operator: | Soar Hawaii, Ltd. |
Registration: | N3622Z |
MSN: | 575 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6166 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming%20IO-360-B1E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Oahu, HI -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:GROUND WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT REPORTED THAT THE GLIDER ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT A LOWER THAN NORMAL ALTITUDE AND APPEARED TO BE SLOW. THE GLIDER FLEW A NORMAL LENGTH DOWNWIND LEG AND, WHILE TURNING FROM BASE TO FINAL, STALLED AND DRAGGED ONE WING TIP ON THE GROUND. THE GLIDER THEN CARTWHEELED INTO THE GROUND. THE PILOT REPORTED IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT HE ENCOUNTERED STRONG TURBULENCE AND DOWNDRAFTS WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH. THE GLIDER THEN PITCHED NOSE DOWN, ROLLED TO THE LEFT, AND IMPACTED ON THE RUNWAY.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed margin while maneuvering in the traffic pattern and his inadvertent entry into a stall/mush condition.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX94LA124 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX94LA124
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Oct-2009 03:00 |
DColclasure |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
11-Jun-2023 21:32 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [[Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]] |
10-Apr-2024 08:55 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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