- Date
- April 13, 1969
- Place
- Marion, OH · MARION, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2468WSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185431
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2748 69/4/13 MARION,OHIO SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 29 TOTAL TIME - 1724 N2468W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARION,OHIO MARION,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- TOW PLT MISTOOK SIGNAL,STARTED T/O PREMATURELY. GLIDER WG STRUCK SIGNAL MAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2468W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Marion
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