- Date
- July 13, 1969
- Place
- Chula Vista, CA · CHULA VISTA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2498WSchweizer SGS2-3
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169163
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2240 69/7/13 CHULA VISTA,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS2-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N2498W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTAY GLIDER PORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT WAS FORCED TO THE GRND BY DOWNDRAFTS WHILE RIDGE SOARING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2498W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS2-3
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Otay Glider Port
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