- Date
- August 5, 1965
- Place
- Flatbrookville, NJ · FLATBROOKVILLE, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8609RSchweizer SGU-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177052
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2059 65/8/5 FLATBROOKVILLE NJ SCHWEIZER SGU-2 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 335 TIME - 1300 N8609R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RATCLIFFE AIR STR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- GLIDER ON WINCH TOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8609R
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU-2
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ratcliffe Air Str
N8609RRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Schweizer SGU 2-22CAirframe modelSchweizer SGU 2-22CEngine modelNONE
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