- Date
- May 30, 1965
- Place
- Alamogordo, NM · ALAMOGORDO, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2728ZSchweizer SGU222
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177926
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1348 65/5/30 NR.ALAMOGORDO N MEX SCHWEIZER SGU222 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 4711 TIME - 1715 N2728Z PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 63 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GLIDER COLLIDED WITH ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2728Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU222
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2728ZRegistration cancelled Jul 3, 2021 · Schweizer SGU 2-22EAirframe modelSchweizer SGU 2-22EEngine modelNONE
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