- Date
- April 21, 1974
- Place
- Plymouth, MA · PLYMOUTH, MA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2489WSchweizer 2-33
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740421009079A
- Case key
- 124426
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1110 74/4/21 PLYMOUTH,MASS SCHWEIZER 2-33 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 118 TIME - 1506 N2489W PX- 0 1 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLYMOUTH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: LONGERON MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- WHEEL EQPD.LWR R LONGERON OF FUSELAGE BKN 10FT 10IN FWD TAIL POST.40 PCT FILLED WET-RUSTY MATTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2489W
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plymouth Muni
N2489WRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2009 · Schweizer SGS 2-33Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33Engine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N2489W · 1
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