- Date
- April 26, 1970
- Place
- Waialua, HI · WAIALUA, HI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2442WSchweitzer 2-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130052
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1883 70/4/26 WAIALUA,HAWAII SCHWEITZER 2-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, UNK/NR TIME - 1700 N2442W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DILLINGHAM AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAIALUA,HAWAII LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- CAR LAUNCH,4000FT ROPE.1500-2000FT ROPE NORM. UN OBTAIN FLYING SPEED.RLSD ROPE,HIT GND NOSE HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2442W
- Reported as
- Schweitzer 2-32
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dillingham Afb
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Other investigations on N2442W · 2
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