- Date
- May 26, 1973
- Place
- Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5718SSchweizer SG2-33
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730526017129A
- Case key
- 190065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1839 73/5/26 ADELANTO,CALIF SCHWEIZER SG2-33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 360 TIME - 1315 N5718S PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADELANTO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- L WG HIT THE GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5718S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SG2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- El Mirage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5718S · 1
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