- Date
- June 18, 1978
- Place
- White Bear Lk, MN · WHITE BEAR LK, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2462WSchweizer 2-33
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780618037689A
- Case key
- 140321
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3619 78/6/18 WHITE BEAR LK,MN SCHWEIZER 2-33 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 194 TIME - 1230 N2462W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITE BEAR LK,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2462W
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Benson
N2462WRegistration cancelled May 30, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 2-33Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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