- Date
- September 30, 1967
- Place
- Big Spring, TX · BIG SPRING, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N10351Schweizer SGU-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3476 67/9/30 BIG SPRING,TEX SCHWEIZER SGU-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1200 TIME - 1630 N10351 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOSS CREEK G.PORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-PREMATURE RELEASE OF TOW LINE,TOO LOW. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- TURN TO AVOID FENCE,WING STRUCK GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10351
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU-2
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moss Creek G.Port
N10351Registration cancelled Jan 9, 2018 · Schweizer SGU 2-22CAirframe modelSchweizer SGU 2-22CEngine modelNONE
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