- Date
- June 19, 1976
- Place
- Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N697USchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760619016651A
- Case key
- 153987
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1446 76/6/19 ADELANTO,CA SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 133 TIME - 1300 N697U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADELANTO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE GROUND TRAINING-PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL. POOR GRND COORDINATION. HIT BELLANCA N8641V,MINOR DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N697U
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Mirage Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.