NTSB Identification: CHI91LA188.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 44081.
Accident occurred Tuesday, June 11, 1991 in HIGHLAND, IL
Probable Cause Approval Date: 12/14/1992
Aircraft: SCHWEIZER SGS 1-34, registration: N7634
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE PILOT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH TO A RUNWAY ON WHICH ANOTHER GLIDER HAD LANDED & HAD STOPPED ABOUT 1/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT TRIED TO LAND BEHIND THE OTHER GLIDER BUT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A DIRT MOUND.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
THE PILOT MISJUDGED HIS TOUCHDOWN POINT. Index for Jun1991 | Index of months