- Date
- May 24, 1975
- Place
- Mount Pocono, PA · MOUNT POCONO, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65973Schweizer 2-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750524010939A
- Case key
- 148439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1088 75/5/24 MOUNT POCONO,PA SCHWEIZER 2-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N65973 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 30, 173 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 74 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOUNT POCONO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOUNT POCONO,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TOW PLANE EXPD PWR LOSS,PREMATURE RELEASE OF GLIDER.LNDD IN PARKING LOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65973
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-32
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mount Pocono Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.