- Date
- March 17, 1974
- Place
- Elyria, OH · ELYRIA, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9855ESchweizer 2-22E
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740317011809A
- Case key
- 124349
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1116 74/3/17 ELYRIA,OHIO SCHWEIZER 2-22E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N9855E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 587 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 208 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELYRIA CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELYRIA,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 19 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GRD CREWMAN RELEASED WING PREMATURELY.ACFT VEERED R,HIT AUTO 20FT FM RWY.30DEG X-WIND,GUSTS 29K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9855E
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-22E
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elyria City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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