- Date
- July 15, 1972
- Place
- Erwinna, PA · ERWINNA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1241SSchweizer 233A
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167318
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2474 72/7/15 ERWINNA,PA SCHWEIZER 233A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1420 N1241S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VANSANT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR 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 HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1241S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 233A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vansant
N1241SRegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2006 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N1241S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.