- Date
- July 20, 1977
- Place
- Rosamond, CA · ROSAMOND, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N17961Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770720019189A
- Case key
- 146602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1552 77/7/20 ROSAMOND,CA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1745 N17961 PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 40, 1168 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 93 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSAMOND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSAMOND,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- TOW ACFT ABORTED TKOF,FOULED PLUGS. GLIDER RELEASED TOW & HAD TO LND IN SAGEBRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17961
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- 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 N17961 · 1
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