- Date
- March 29, 1970
- Place
- Catawba, SC · CATAWBA, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2704ZSchweizer 1-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134791
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1579 70/3/29 CATAWBA,SC SCHWEIZER 1-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 22, 250 TIME - 1530 N2704Z PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTER,SC CHESTER,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WIRES ACROSS LNDG PATH.APCH MADE HIGH OVR FIRST SET LNDD UNDER SECOND SET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2704Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-23
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage