- Date
- March 14, 1966
- Place
- Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2715ZSchweitzer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173127
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0512 66/3/14 FREMONT CALIF SCHWEITZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 650 TIME - 1630 N2715Z PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2715Z
- Reported as
- Schweitzer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2715ZRegistration cancelled Jul 17, 2009 · Schweizer SGS 1-26BAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26BEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N2715Z · 1
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