- Date
- June 5, 1968
- Place
- Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2466WSchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1637 68/6/5 FREMONT,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N2466W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 44, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RETURNED TO ARPT WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE.ENCOUNTERED STRONG UP CURRENTS CLOSE TO TREES ON MT SIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2466W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N2466W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX02LA098Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPeoria, AZFailure of the cyclist to coordinate and communicate that he was on the active runway. A contributing factor was the sun glare encountered by the pilot on final approach.NTSB OAK75FXQ14Accident · No injuriesClosedTruckee, CANTSB OAK69D0235Accident · Minor injuriesClosedFremont, CA