- Date
- October 5, 1975
- Place
- Williamstown, MA · WILLIAMSTOWN, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N33906Schweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751005032409A
- Case key
- 151168
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3110 75/10/5 WILLIAMSTOWN,MA SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1410 N33906 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH ADAMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH ADAMS,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO PITCH DWN 35 DEG FM STRAIGHT AND LVL TO IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33906
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- North Adams
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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