- Date
- March 31, 1973
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2473WSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730331007129A
- Case key
- 170343
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0713 73/3/31 VACAVILLE,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N2473W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 3410 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VACAVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VACAVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED REMARKS- GLIDER PLT USED IMPROPER HAND SIGNALS.TOW PLT OPENED THROTTLE.N2473W HIT SGS233 N7764S,MINOR DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2473W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vacaville
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2473W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.