- Date
- September 30, 1978
- Place
- Kutztown, PA · KUTZTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2776HSchweitzer 1-35C
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780930029969A
- Case key
- 147554
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2981 78/9/30 KUTZTOWN,PA SCHWEITZER 1-35C CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 84 TIME - 1600 N2776H PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 45 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 OVERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2776H
- Reported as
- Schweitzer 1-35C
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kutztown
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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.