- Date
- May 16, 1970
- Place
- Highland, IL · HIGHLAND, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7759SSchweizer 2-33
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2110 70/5/16 HIGHLAND,ILL SCHWEIZER 2-33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N7759S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 50, 1529 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HIGHLAND-WINET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HIGHLAND,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- 51FT WING SPAN,WHEEL EQPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7759S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Highland-Winet
N7759SRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2009 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N7759S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.