- Date
- May 10, 1975
- Place
- Butler, PA · BUTLER, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2749ZSchweizer SGU222
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750510018219A
- Case key
- 149170
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2044 75/5/10 BUTLER,PA SCHWEIZER SGU222 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 1836 TIME - 1450 N2749Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUTLER-GRAHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUTLER,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GLIDER ENTERED DOWNDRAFT,STRUCK BUSHES 60FT.SHORT OF RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2749Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU222
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Butler-Graham
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2749Z · 2
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