- Date
- April 8, 1978
- Place
- Norfolk, MA · NORFOLK, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2480WSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0945 78/4/8 NORFOLK,MA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 73 TOTAL TIME - 1305 N2480W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORFOLK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2480W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norfolk
N2480WRegistration cancelled Feb 12, 2018 · Schweizer SGS 2-33Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33Engine modelNONE
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