- Date
- June 22, 1978
- Place
- Spilewood, TX · SPILEWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1185SSchweizer 2-33A
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780622016229A
- Case key
- 141288
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1543 78/6/22 SPILEWOOD,TX SCHWEIZER 2-33A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N1185S PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 35, 3580 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINDERMERE GLIDER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPILEWOOD,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- ROPE CAUGHT ON GLIDER WHEEL BRACKET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1185S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Windermere Glider
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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
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