Plane Crash List

Schweizer SGS-2-33A N1181S

24 July 1982 · Little River, South Carolina, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 July 1982 at about 17:45 local time, a Schweizer SGS-2-33A registered N1181S, operated by Carolina Sail Plane, was involved in an accident near Little River, South Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Little River, South Carolina, United States
Nearest airport
Cypress Bay (5J8)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Schweizer SGS-2-33A
Registration
N1181S
Category
Glider
Operator
Carolina Sail Plane
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Little River → Little River
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ATL82DA213

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE LEFT WING OF THE GLIDER STRUCK THE LEFT WING OF ANOTHER GLIDER OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. THE OTHER GLIDER, N1211S WAS BEING READED FOR A FLIGHT AND WAS POSITIONED WITH ITS LEFT WING OVERLAPPING THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT OF N1211S ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE GLIDER AWAY FROM N1181S, BUT THE WIND CAUGHT THE LEFT WING AND RAISED IT HIGH ENOUGH TO COLLIDE WITH THE LEFT WING OF THE LANDING GLIDER. NORMALLY, RUNWAY 33 WAS USED TO LAUNCH THE GLIDERS WHILE RUNWAY 15 WAS UTILIZED FOR LANDINGS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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17 Apr 1983 Schweizer SGS-2-33A
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