- Date
- June 14, 1969
- Place
- Elk Park, NC · ELK PARK, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7783SSchweizer 2-33A
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180116
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1714 69/6/14 ELK PARK,NC SCHWEIZER 2-33A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 8050 TIME - 1800 N7783S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER-FORCED AWAY FROM THERMALS,CLOUDS OVER MTS. WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 69 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 115 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT CAUGHT IN DOWNWASH ON LEEWARD SIDE OF MT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7783S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7783SRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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