- Date
- August 1, 1976
- Place
- Kutztown, PA · KUTZTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33920Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760801019929A
- Case key
- 155084
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1789 76/8/1 KUTZTOWN,PA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 2306 TIME - 0845 N33920 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 703 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KUTZTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KUTZTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WHEEL EQUIPPED.WING STRUCK GND WHILE PLT CORRECTED FOR GUSTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33920
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kutztown
N33920Registration cancelled Oct 2, 2014 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N33920 · 1
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