- Date
- September 5, 1976
- Place
- Spicewood, TX · SPICEWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1185SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760905028649A
- Case key
- 155353
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2585 76/9/5 SPICEWOOD,TX SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N1185S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINDERMERE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPICEWOOD,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- FOOT PRESSURE ON OUTSIDECOVER PANEL JAMMED RUDDER CABLE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1185S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Windermere
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1185S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.