- Date
- November 25, 1978
- Place
- Warrenton, VA · WARRENTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N33978Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781125036109A
- Case key
- 139096
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3421 78/11/25 WARRENTON,VA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 5000 TIME - 1238 N33978 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED 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 COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 310 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33978
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Warrenton Airpark
N33978Registration cancelled Apr 2, 2012 · 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.