- Date
- June 28, 1974
- Place
- Boulder, CO · BOULDER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2416WSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740628020859A
- Case key
- 173368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1968 74/6/28 BOULDER,COLO SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0530 N2416W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 55, 747 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOULDER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- AUTOMOBILE LAUNCH.ACFT SPUN WHEN RELEASED FM TOW ROPE.WITNESS OBSD ACFT AT HI ANGLE OF ATTACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2416W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boulder Muni
N2416WRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2017 · Schweizer SGS 1-26CAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26CEngine modelNONE
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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.