- Date
- September 16, 1970
- Place
- Joliet, IL · JOLIET, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2771ZSchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142299
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3738 70/9/16 JOLIET,ILL SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1315 N2771Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 50, 1375 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 12 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOLIET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOLIET,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- TOW CAR WAS SLOW IN ACCELERATION. PLT RELEASED TOW ROPE TOO LATE FOR SAFE ABORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2771Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Joliet