- Date
- June 5, 1980
- Place
- Matamoras, NY · MATAMORAS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2878HSchweizer SGS135
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800605023249A
- Case key
- 131336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0905 80/6/5 MATAMORAS,NY SCHWEIZER SGS135 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N2878H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 54, 595 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 320 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MATAMORAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WURTSBORO,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WHEEL EQPD.R WING STRUCK GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2878H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS135
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Matamoras
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2878H · 1
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