- Date
- May 21, 1978
- Place
- Altoona, PA · ALTOONA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2563HSchweizer SGS135
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780521010569A
- Case key
- 142080
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1704 78/5/21 ALTOONA,PA SCHWEIZER SGS135 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 208 TIME - 1430 N2563H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JULIAN,PA BEDFORD,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2563H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS135
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
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