- Date
- June 15, 1976
- Place
- Aiken, SC · AIKEN, SC
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7537Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760615015929A
- Case key
- 154055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1421 76/6/15 AIKEN,SC SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 334 TIME - 1400 N7537 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIKEN MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AIKEN,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT-ATTMPTD TKOF WITH SPOILERS EXTENDED. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- GLIDER COLLIDED WITH WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7537
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aiken Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7537 · 1
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