- Date
- February 15, 1969
- Place
- Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2466WSchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190821
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0421 69/2/15 FREMONT,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 63 TIME - 1200 N2466W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY SAILING TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT ENCOUNTERED DOWN DRAFT.DOVE GLIDER TO PICK UP SPEED HIT WIRES.LANDED,NO FURTHER DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2466W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Sailing
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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 OAK69D0011Accident · No injuriesClosedFremont, CA