- Date
- September 21, 1974
- Place
- Saratoga Sprng, NY · SARATOGA SPRNG, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5708SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740921031909A
- Case key
- 138644
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3720 74/9/21 SARATOGA SPRNG,NY SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0805 N5708S PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 64, 1430 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 520 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SARATOGA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARATOGA SPRNG,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- WHEEL EQUIPPED. TREES R SIDE OF GLIDER GRND LINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5708S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Saratoga County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5708S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC84LA195Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSaratoga, NYGlider was on final approach in severe turblence. Acft drifted on final apch and plt used full control deflection with no effect. A collision with trees resulted. The plt said that the wind before takeoff was greater then 30 KTS from 360 degrees. The apch was…NTSB NYC80FFA15Accident · Serious injuriesClosedMilton, NY