- Date
- August 4, 1968
- Place
- Pearblossom, CA · PEARBLOSSOM, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5706SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108084
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4915 68/8/4 PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 54, 8 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N5706S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- LANDED IN FLD AT END OF RNWY. WG STRUCK POST. FIRST SOLO FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5706S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal
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