- Date
- May 31, 1975
- Place
- West Bend, WI · WEST BEND, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1204SSchweizer SGS2
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750531019649A
- Case key
- 149299
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1700 75/5/31 WEST BEND,WI SCHWEIZER SGS2 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 14, 4 TOTAL TIME - 1125 N1204S PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST BEND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST BEND,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT REMARKS- DRG R TURN NOSE WGNT DWN TO A VERT PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1204S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS2
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Bend
N1204SRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2003 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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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.