- Date
- May 23, 1970
- Place
- Lafayette, IN · LAFAYETTE, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8613RSchweizer 2-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181962
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2230 70/5/23 LAFAYETTE,IND SCHWEIZER 2-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N8613R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HALSMER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- LOW APCH,NOSED DOWN TO GAIN AIRSPEED FOR FLARE.HIT RWY ON SKID,BOUNCED.DMGD DORSAL FUSELAGE TUBE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8613R
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-22
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Halsmer
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