- Date
- April 17, 1977
- Place
- Cloquet, MN · CLOQUET, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2717ZSchweizer SGU2
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770417009529A
- Case key
- 157958
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1140 77/4/17 CLOQUET,MN SCHWEIZER SGU2 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 139 TIME - 1630 N2717Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOQUER,MN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLOQUET,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- GLIDER ENTERED A SERIES OF PITCH OSCILLATIONS DURING TOW. GLIDER RELEASED AND CRASHED INTO GROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2717Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU2
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cloquer,Mn
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2717Z · 1
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