- Date
- September 5, 1971
- Place
- Abbott, AR · ABBOTT, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7759SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4375 71/9/5 ABBOTT,ARK SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 630 TIME - 1400 N7759S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WORTH JAMES RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABBOTT,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-PREMATURE RELEASE FROM TOW AT TOO LOW ALT. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- TOW PLANE LOST PWR.GLIDER HAD TO AVOID TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7759S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Worth James Ranch
N7759SRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2009 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N7759S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.