- Date
- June 29, 1968
- Place
- Dunseith, ND · DUNSEITH, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5709SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2407 68/6/29 DUNSEITH,N DAK SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 6 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N5709S PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUNSEITH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- GLIDER T/O FROM FLD TO RT SIDE OF ROAD USED BY AUTO TOW. ACFT SWERVED,DUG WING.TOW ROPE NOT RELEAS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5709S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dunseith
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