- Date
- August 10, 1980
- Place
- Frankfort, KY · FRANKFORT, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N17894Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800810034619A
- Case key
- 129116
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2397 80/8/10 FRANKFORT,KY SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 169 TIME - 1730 N17894 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 138 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITOL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKFORT,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ATMTD AERO TOW OFF 1700FT CLR AREA OF GOLF COURSE.TOW PLANE ABORTED.WING HIT GND,TURNING BTN TREES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17894
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Capitol City
N17894Registration cancelled Aug 13, 2012 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.