- Date
- October 24, 1981
- Place
- Kutztown, PA · KUTZTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2979HSchweizer SGS2
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811024079459A
- Case key
- 122601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3429 81/10/24 KUTZTOWN,PA SCHWEIZER SGS2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 59 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N2979H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KUTZTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KUTZTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2979H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS2
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kutztown
N2979HRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2020 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N2979H · 1
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