- Date
- July 3, 1971
- Place
- Milpitas, CA · MILPITAS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5707SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2573 71/7/3 MILPITAS,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1620 N5707S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREMONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILPITAS,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- RIGHT OF CNTRLN,SLIPPED,OVERCORRECTED.HIT CONSTRUCTION EQPT,STEEP BANK,ABT 200FT LEFT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5707S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fremont
N5707SRegistration cancelled Jan 25, 2018 · Schweizer SGS 2-33Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33Engine modelNONE
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