- Date
- March 17, 1972
- Place
- Fairfield, CA · FAIRFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28DDSchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166225
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1596 72/3/17 FAIRFIELD,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N28DD PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 2576 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 201 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VACAVILLE ARPT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRFIELD,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND 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 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SKID,WHEEL EQPD.WND SHIFTED,DECREASED,UN RET.TO ARPT. PLT WAS LATE IN DETECTING WIND CHANGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28DD
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vacaville Arpt
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