- Date
- July 4, 1972
- Place
- Rockwell, TX · ROCKWELL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7769SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3383 72/7/4 ROCKWELL,TEX SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 5 TOTAL TIME - 1509 N7769S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCKWALL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKWELL,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7769S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rockwall
N7769SRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2018 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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