- Date
- August 12, 1979
- Place
- Montevallo, AL · MONTEVALLO, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2411WSchweizer SGU222
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790812023539A
- Case key
- 134074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2374 79/8/12 MONTEVALLO,AL SCHWEIZER SGU222 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 135 TIME - 1630 N2411W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING-X DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTEVALLO,AL RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2411W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU222
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying-X
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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.