- Date
- November 11, 1973
- Place
- Middlefield, OH · MIDDLEFIELD, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2448WSchweizer 2-33A
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731111037469A
- Case key
- 188107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3459 73/11/11 MIDDLEFIELD,OHIO SCHWEIZER 2-33A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N2448W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEAUGA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLEFIELD,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: SPOILERS AND SLOTS-LEADING EDGE FLAPS,SPEED BRAKES PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- SPOILER HANG UP WHEN OPERATED IMPROPERLY.STRUCK TREES APRX 600FT SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2448W
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Geauga County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2448W · 2
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