- Date
- October 8, 1966
- Place
- Calistoga, CA · CALISTOGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2757RSchweitzer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120989
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1106 66/10/8 CALISTOGA,CALIF SCHWEITZER SGS126 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 373 TIME - 1505 N2757R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALISTOGA AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT REMARKS- GLIDER OUT OF POSIT.CAUSED SLACK TOWLINE.PLT RELEASED AT LOW ALT,HIT ROCKS.HAD RCVD EXTRA TOW INST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2757R
- Reported as
- Schweitzer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Calistoga Airpark
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