- Date
- June 2, 1968
- Place
- Ithaca, NY · ITHACA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5169TChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110352
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1808 68/6/2 ITHACA,NY CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 385 TIME - 1245 N5169T PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOMKINS COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: GLIDER LAUNCH/TOW EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- GLIDER CLIMBED TOO HIGH,TOW ROPE SHORT.TOW ACFT UNABLE TO ESTABLISH CLIMB,STRUCK CAR AT END OF RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5169T
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tomkins County
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