- Date
- August 29, 1972
- Place
- Watkins Glen, NY · WATKINS GLEN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2020TSchweizer TSC1A1
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167716
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0848 72/8/29 WATKINS GLEN,NY SCHWEIZER TSC1A1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1725 N2020T PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 55, 1394 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 27 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARTIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELMIRA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- 18IN SWELLS,OCNL SWELLS AS HIGH AS 3FT.ACFT SANK IN SENECA LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2020T
- Reported as
- Schweizer TSC1A1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Martin