- Date
- March 20, 1973
- Place
- Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7547Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730320007489A
- Case key
- 170262
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0716 73/3/20 FREMONT,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 105 TIME - 1000 N7547 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREMONT SKY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREMONT,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLIPPED OVER PRIOR TO TKOF ROLL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7547
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fremont Sky
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7547 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB WPR20CA273Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportWarner Springs, CAThe pilot's inability to maintain altitude due to a loss of thermal lift, which resulted in an off-airport landing.NTSB LAX83LA145Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFremont, CAThe acft banged into the ground during the takeoff ground run. The glider had swerved off the rwy during the tow into a muddy grass area, the plt attempted a premature takeoff to prevent getting struck in the mud. He stated that lack of forward speed and the…