- Date
- September 7, 1967
- Place
- Elmira, NY · ELMIRA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2415WSchweizer SGU-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114311
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3349 67/9/7 ELMIRA,NY SCHWEIZER SGU-2 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 9 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N2415W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHEMUNG COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT MISREAD ALTIMETER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2415W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU-2
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chemung County
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