- Date
- July 8, 1976
- Place
- Heber City, UT · HEBER CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2769RSchweizer SGU222
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760708022889A
- Case key
- 154273
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1909 76/7/8 NR.HEBER CITY,UT SCHWEIZER SGU222 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N2769R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HEBER CITY,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- WHEEL EQPD.RECOVERY DATE 7/9/76.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2769R
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU222
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2769R · 2
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