- Date
- March 6, 1973
- Place
- Huntington, WV · HUNTINGTON, WV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7535Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730306004569A
- Case key
- 163206
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0558 73/3/6 HUNTINGTON,W VA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N7535 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBERT NEWLON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGTON,W VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- WHEEL EQPD.APCH TO ARPT BTWN TREES.R WING HIT TREE ABT 2FT INBOARD R WING TIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7535
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Robert Newlon
N7535Registration cancelled Feb 22, 2017 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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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.