- Date
- June 28, 1975
- Place
- Saratoga Spgs, NY · SARATOGA SPGS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N57085Schweizer 2-33
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149895
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2016 75/6/28 SARATOGA SPGS,NY SCHWEIZER 2-33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N57085 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SARATOGA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARATOGA SPGS,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- GLIDER LAUNCH WITH WINCH TOW.R WING DROPPED HIT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57085
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Saratoga County