- Date
- April 26, 1969
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA · TEWKSBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9844ESchweizer SGU-2
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191091
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0813 69/4/26 TEWKSBURY,MASS SCHWEIZER SGU-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 300 TIME - 1055 N9844E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEW MAC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GLIDER ENCOUNTERED A WHIRLWIND ON FINAL APCH.WIND 15K GUSTING 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9844E
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU-2
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tew Mac
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