- Date
- September 16, 1978
- Place
- Plymouth, MA · PLYMOUTH, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2461WSchweitzer 233A
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780916029859A
- Case key
- 139848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3066 78/9/16 PLYMOUTH,MA SCHWEITZER 233A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 92 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N2461W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLYMOUTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 230 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT STATED CONTROL STICK BECAME STUCK DURING CLIMB.NO MALF FOUND.GUSTS TO 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2461W
- Reported as
- Schweitzer 233A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plymouth
N2461WRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Schweizer SGS 2-33Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33Engine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N2461W · 1
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