- Date
- May 10, 1978
- Place
- Wurtsboro, NY · WURTSBORO, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33963Schweizer S2-33A
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142047
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1876 78/5/10 WURTSBORO,NY SCHWEIZER S2-33A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 28 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N33963 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WURTSBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WURTSBORO,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33963
- Reported as
- Schweizer S2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wurtsboro