- Date
- January 30, 1977
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65819Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770130002429A
- Case key
- 158072
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0845 77/1/30 HOMESTEAD,FL SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N65819 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 1760 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENDALL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMESTEAD,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT STATED TOW PLANE & GLIDER ON RWY DELAYED EXCESSIVELY REQUIRING HIM TO LAND IN ADJACENT FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65819
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kendall Field
N65819Registration cancelled Feb 13, 2004 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N65819 · 1
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