- Date
- May 13, 1977
- Place
- Boulder, CO · BOULDER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65829Schwiezer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770513013679A
- Case key
- 158149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1158 77/5/13 BOULDER,CO SCHWIEZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 14 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N65829 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOULDER MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- PLT FLEW OVER FIELD AT LOW ALTITUDE THEN TRIED T0 EXECUTE A 270DEG TURN TO LAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65829
- Reported as
- Schwiezer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boulder Municipal
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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.