- Date
- September 13, 1978
- Place
- Warrenton, VA · WARRENTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2039TSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780913024029A
- Case key
- 139777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2803 78/9/13 WARRENTON,VA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 58, 129 TIME - 1400 N2039T PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARRENTON AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARRENTON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- PLT STATED INSUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE WITH TYPE OF SPOILERS WHICH RETRACT WITH AIRSTREAM PRESSURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2039T
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warrenton Airpark
N2039TRegistration cancelled Apr 10, 2003 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2039T · 1
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