- Date
- December 14, 1968
- Place
- Refugio, TX · REFUGIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5715SSchweizer 2-33
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191997
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4771 68/12/14 REFUGIO,TEX SCHWEIZER 2-33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 716 TIME - 1315 N5715S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROOKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- TOW LINE MAN TRIPPED OVER TOW ROPE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMAIN CLEAR OF THE GLIDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5715S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Rooke
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