- Date
- July 10, 1979
- Place
- Colorado Spgs, CO · COLORADO SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2421WSchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790710015379A
- Case key
- 135154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1529 79/7/10 COLORADO SPGS,CO SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 15 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N2421W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACKFOREST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPGS,CO COLORADO SPGS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- DIVE BRAKES OBSERVED 1/2 OPEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2421W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blackforest
N2421WRegistration cancelled Apr 11, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 2-32Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-32Engine 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.