- Date
- July 9, 1978
- Place
- Park Forest, IL · PARK FOREST, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9848ESchweizer SGU222
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780709018029A
- Case key
- 140896
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1832 78/7/9 PARK FOREST,IL SCHWEIZER SGU222 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 16, 6 TOTAL TIME - 1135 N9848E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAEDTLER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PARK FOREST,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH TRACTOR.UNSAFE CONDITION-OPERATION OF TRACTOR NEAR RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9848E
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU222
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Haedtler Field
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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.