- Date
- January 6, 1968
- Place
- Waialua, HI · WAIALUA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8629RSchweizer SGU222
- Status
- Completed · report February 29, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112158
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0021 68/1/6 WAIALUA,HAWAII SCHWEIZER SGU222 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 770 TIME - 1630 N8629R PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KILLINGHAM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT LOST LIFT,WIND CALM.PLT LANDED ON MOUNTAIN PLATEAU.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8629R
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU222
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Killingham
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