- Date
- July 14, 1968
- Place
- Pearblossom, CA · PEARBLOSSOM, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5728SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109240
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2450 68/7/14 PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 234 TIME - 1254 N5728S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTALAIRE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- TOW PLANE RELEASED GLIDER,IN ORDER TO AVOID WIRE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5728S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystalaire
N5728SRegistration cancelled May 8, 2021 · Schweizer SGS 2-33Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33Engine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N5728S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA07LA041Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportImmokalee, FLThe failure of the glider towing "weak link," for undetermined reasons, at an inadequate altitude to effect a normal landing, resulting in a hard landing.NTSB MIA06CA045Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportImmokalee, FLThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance during the final approach to land, which resulted in an impact with trees, and a hard landing.NTSB SEA76DYE62Accident · No injuriesClosedMonroe, WA