- Date
- June 21, 1974
- Place
- Amenia, NY · AMENIA, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2774ZSchweizer 2-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740621017219A
- Case key
- 128297
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1542 74/6/21 AMENIA,NY SCHWEIZER 2-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 68 TIME - 1300 N2774Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARDNER,MASS MILLBROOK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION WEATHER - RAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS HAZE CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- OFF APT LANDING IN GLIDER,HIGH VEGETATION,PILOT DELAYED DECISION TO LAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2774Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-32
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N2774Z · 1
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