- Date
- October 6, 1968
- Place
- Calistoga, CA · CALISTOGA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5726SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108372
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3279 68/10/6 CALISTOGA,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 42 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N5726S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALISTOGA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT CLOSE TO MT RIDGE IN AN EFFORT TO FIND LIFT.FLYING FROM BACK SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5726S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Calistoga
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