- Date
- June 18, 1966
- Place
- Bay City, WI · BAY CITY, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N10399Schweizer SGU222
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0182 66/6/18 BAY CITY WIS SCHWEIZER SGU222 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 51, 15 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N10399 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RED WING MUNICIPA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: GLIDER LAUNCH/TOW EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- TOW LINE BROKE DURING STEEP PULL UP BY PILOT,TOWCAR HAD PREVIOUSLY RUN OVER AND DAMAGED TOWLINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10399
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU222
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Red Wing Municipa
N10399Registration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Schweizer SGU 2-22CAirframe modelSchweizer SGU 2-22CEngine modelNONE
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