- Date
- August 25, 1973
- Place
- Medina, OH · MEDINA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8679RSchweizer 2-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730825040949A
- Case key
- 188758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4017 73/8/25 MEDINA,OHIO SCHWEIZER 2-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1080 TIME - 1200 N8679R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MALLET CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEDINA,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- WHEEL EQPD.PLT CONCERNED WITH REACHING ARPT RAISED NOSE DEVELOPED HI SINK RATE HIT BOUNDARY FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8679R
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-22
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mallet Creek
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8679R · 1
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