- Date
- June 12, 1972
- Place
- Wurtsboro, NY · WURTSBORO, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1237SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2187 72/6/12 WURTSBORO,NY SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 3800 TIME - 1700 N1237S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WURTSBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WURTSBORO,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- MISUSED SPOILERS. 30 MIN SOLO TIME IN TYPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1237S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wurtsboro
N1237SRegistration cancelled Nov 10, 2022 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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