# NTSB CHI71DBD29: Schweizer SGS232, N2771Z, Joliet, IL, September 16, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: September 16, 1970
- Place: Joliet, IL · JOLIET, IL
- Location: 41.5250° N, 88.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joliet, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5250&lon=-88.0817&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 142299
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI71DBD29
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71DBD29

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS232
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Joliet

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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