- Date
- May 21, 1977
- Place
- St Charles, MO · ST CHARLES, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2528HSchweizer 2-33A
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770521015409A
- Case key
- 147702
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1640 77/5/21 ST CHARLES,MO SCHWEIZER 2-33A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N2528H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 1429 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 290 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST CHARLES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST CHARLES,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 145 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- TOWPLANE FAILED TO ABORT T/O IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO REMAIN ON R/W
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2528H
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St Charles
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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