- Date
- May 3, 1981
- Place
- Blairstown, NJ · BLAIRSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2705HSchweizer 1-35C
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810503022109A
- Case key
- 126289
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0827 81/5/3 BLAIRSTOWN,NJ SCHWEIZER 1-35C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 108 TIME - 1320 N2705H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLAIRSTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLAIRSTOWN,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT STD FORCED OUT OF POSITION DRNG TOW.OTR PLTS EXPRNCD WND SHEAR NEAR ARPT.WIND GUSTS TO 12KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2705H
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-35C
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Blairstown
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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