ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69903
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Date: | Wednesday 27 October 1993 |
Time: | 14:30 |
Type: | Schweizer SGS 2-33A |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N7779S |
MSN: | |
Total airframe hrs: | 5281 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | near Dillingham Airfield, Oahu, HI -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Waialua, Hawaii |
Destination airport: | Waialua, Hawaii |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:According to FAA Inspectors, the student pilot was operating in weak ridge conditions and encountered a sinking air mass while manuevering along a ridgeline. In so doing, the right wing of the glider struck a tree. The pilot was able to continue the flight and landed at Dillingham Airfield without further incident. An off-duty FSDO supervisor saw the aircraft in the hangar and noticed damage to the aircraft.
Sources:
NTSB Identification: LAX94LA027
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Nov-2009 00:47 |
DColclasure |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
02-Jun-2019 18:12 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
15-Jun-2023 05:03 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]] |
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