- Date
- July 3, 1976
- Place
- Rosamond, CA · ROSAMOND, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N37495Schweizer TG3ASW
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760703019249A
- Case key
- 154442
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1702 76/7/3 NR.ROSAMOND,CA SCHWEIZER TG3ASW CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1320 N37495 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 41, 931 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSAMOND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSAMOND,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: GLIDER LAUNCH/TOW EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- ROPE BROKE WHEN GLIDER WAS IN HIGH TOW. PLT TRIED TO RET TO FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37495
- Reported as
- Schweizer TG3ASW
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rosamond
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N37495 · 1
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