- Date
- August 23, 1980
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2774ZSchweizer 2-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2780 80/8/23 VACAVILLE,CA SCHWEIZER 2-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 2000 TIME - 1615 N2774Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VACAVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VACAVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD DWNDFT ON LEE SIDE OF RIDGE WHILE RIDGE SOARING,UN TO GLIDE TO ARPT.SINGLE WHL EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2774Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-32
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vacaville
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