- Date
- October 22, 1966
- Place
- Morrisville, VT · MORRISVILLE, VT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5841VSchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121570
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0933 66/10/22 MORRISVILLE VT SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1215 N5841V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE UNK/NR, 22 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORRISVILLE-STOWE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- CANOPY CAME OPEN DURING TAKEOFF.PILOT OBSERVED TRYING TO CLOSE CANOPY IN FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5841V
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morrisville-Stowe
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