- Date
- December 3, 1975
- Place
- Unionville, PA · UNIONVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2400WSchweizer 2-33
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751203038409A
- Case key
- 152192
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3932 75/12/3 UNIONVILLE,PA SCHWEIZER 2-33 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1125 N2400W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JULIAN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FIXED SINGLE WHEEL LDG GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2400W
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2400WRegistration cancelled Apr 10, 2018 · Schweizer SGS 2-33Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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