- Date
- September 26, 1979
- Place
- Colorado Spgs, CO · COLORADO SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65840Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790926026179A
- Case key
- 133142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3379 79/9/26 COLORADO SPGS,CO SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N65840 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 1237 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 325 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK FOREST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPGS,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 12000 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 315 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 40KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65840
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Black Forest
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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.