- Date
- October 4, 1969
- Place
- Pearblossom, CA · PEARBLOSSOM, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154225
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4720 69/10/4 PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF SCHWEIZER 2-33 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 17, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N7779S PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4720 69/10/4 PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF SCHEMPP-H CIRRUS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 792 TIME - 1530 N240F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- N240F AWAITING TOW.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N240F
- Reported as
- Schempp-H Cirrus
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N7779S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal
N7779SRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N240F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.