- Date
- June 21, 1981
- Place
- Calistoga, CA · CALISTOGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2450WSchweizer 2-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810621035179A
- Case key
- 126095
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1121 81/6/21 CALISTOGA,CA SCHWEIZER 2-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 1063 TIME - 1455 N2450W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 867 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALISTOGA SOARING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALISTOGA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- LOST SIGHT OF OTR GLIDER IN TRAFFIC PAT TIL SHORT FINAL.L WING HIT GND DRG EVASIVE MNVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2450W
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-32
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Calistoga Soaring
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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.
Other investigations on N2450W · 1
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