- Date
- June 30, 1972
- Place
- Piedra, CA · PIEDRA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2495WSchweizer SGS2-3
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167274
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2769 72/6/30 PIEDRA,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS2-3 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N2495W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 44, 465 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 73 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WONDER VALLY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIEDRA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TOW ACFT FAIRING CAME LOOSE,PWR RDC,GLDR RLS SO ACFT CAN CLEAR TREES,GLDR ATMT EMERG LDG HIT WIRES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2495W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS2-3
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wonder Vally
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