- Date
- February 16, 1977
- Place
- Erwinna, PA · ERWINNA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N33993Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770216001119A
- Case key
- 157706
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0418 77/2/16 ERWINNA,PA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 60 TIME - 1230 N33993 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN SANT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERWINNA,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- N6393T, SUBSTANTIAL DMG. TOWED ACFT HIT PARKED ACFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33993
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Sant
N33993Registration cancelled Apr 12, 2016 · 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.