- Date
- May 26, 1971
- Place
- Auburn, CA · AUBURN, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2748RSchweizer 2-22E
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161492
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1697 71/5/26 AUBURN,CALIF SCHWEIZER 2-22E CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1554 TIME - 1330 N2748R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 538 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUBURN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUBURN,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WHEEL EQPD. ENCOUNTERED HEAVY SIK TURNING BASE FOR 5TH LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2748R
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-22E
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Auburn
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