- Date
- January 6, 1973
- Place
- West Chester, PA · WEST CHESTER, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7609Schweizer SG233A
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730106000189A
- Case key
- 169763
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0003 73/1/6 WEST CHESTER,PA SCHWEIZER SG233A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N7609 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 46, 781 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 21 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST CHESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST CHESTER,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7609
- Reported as
- Schweizer SG233A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Chester
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7609 · 1
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