- Date
- May 21, 1966
- Place
- Laguna, NM · LAGUNA, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2767ZSchweizer 2-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172193
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1045 66/5/21 NR.LAGUNA N MEX SCHWEIZER 2-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 2000 TIME - 1600 N2767Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT-LANDED ON ROAD-DISTRACTED BY SHEEP-SAW ROAD MARKER POST TOO LATE TO AVOID IT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2767Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-32
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2767ZRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 2-32Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-32Engine modelNONE
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