- Date
- March 6, 1983, 16:00 local (Mar 7, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7547Schweizer SGS2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830306008359A
- Case key
- 23645
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft banged into the ground during the takeoff ground run. The glider had swerved off the rwy during the tow into a muddy grass area, the plt attempted a premature takeoff to prevent getting struck in the mud. He stated that lack of forward speed and the angle of the tow rope cause the acft to 'slam back into the ground.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7547
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 177
- Engine
- None, unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brett Willat
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 807 · Freemont, CA
- Airport
- 807 · Sky Sailing, runway 28, 1,840 × 30 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,450 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJC, 141 nm away
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 N7547 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.