- Date
- July 24, 1976
- Place
- Belden, OH · BELDEN, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5828VSchweizer SGU222
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760724020859A
- Case key
- 154848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2008 76/7/24 BELDEN,OH SCHWEIZER SGU222 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 1838 TIME - 1800 N5828V PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPEN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELDEN,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5828V
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU222
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Open Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5828V · 1
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