- Date
- August 13, 1978
- Place
- Georgetown, TX · GEORGETOWN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N14501Schweizer SGS-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780813031549A
- Case key
- 139776
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2943 78/8/13 GEORGETOWN,TX SCHWEIZER SGS-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 850 TIME - 1400 N14501 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEORGETOWN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GEORGETOWN,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 95 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ONE CENTER LANDING GEAR WHEEL ON GLIDER.WIND GUSTING TO 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14501
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-2
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Georgetown Muni
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Other investigations on N14501 · 1
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