- Date
- October 4, 1975
- Place
- North Adams, MA · NORTH ADAMS, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33981Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751004030149A
- Case key
- 150843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2674 75/10/4 NORTH ADAMS,MA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 14 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N33981 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRIMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH ADAMS,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED GLIDER TO DRIFT TO LEE SIDE OF RIDGE.ACFT HIT HAY BALE ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33981
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harriman
N33981Registration cancelled Nov 8, 2012 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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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.