- Date
- February 15, 1975
- Place
- Waynesville, OH · WAYNESVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17962Schweizer 2-33
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750215002759A
- Case key
- 147797
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0472 75/2/15 WAYNESVILLE,OH SCHWEIZER 2-33 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N17962 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOARING SOCIETY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAYNESVILLE,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- NML PROC IS TO SET ALT TO ZERO.PLT RQSTD TOW TO 3000FT RLSD 2000FT.POST EXAM ALT IND 1020FT.WHEELS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17962
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Soaring Society
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N17962 · 1
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