- Date
- June 22, 1973
- Place
- Waialua, HI · WAIALUA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2442WSchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730622021709A
- Case key
- 190019
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2254 73/6/22 WAIALUA,HAWAII SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N2442W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 60, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOKULEIA,HAWAII LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FLEW INTO CANYON WHILE WATCHING PEACOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2442W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N2442W · 2
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