- Date
- August 22, 1971
- Place
- Colo.Springs, CO · COLO.SPRINGS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9862ESchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162609
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2218 71/8/22 COLO.SPRINGS,COLO SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 652 TIME - 1357 N9862E PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK FOREST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLO.SPRINGS,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT SPIN FROM ACCELERATED STALL.ABOUT 1000 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9862E
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Black Forest
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