- Date
- May 13, 1973
- Place
- Livermore, CA · LIVERMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2747RSchweizer SGS-15
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730513018919A
- Case key
- 190123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1813 73/5/13 LIVERMORE,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS-15 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 93 TOTAL TIME - 1420 N2747R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIVERMORE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- CRASHED ON THE SIDE OF A HILL.FIXED SINGLE CENTER WHEEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2747R
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-15
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2747RRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 1974 · Schweizer SGS 1-23H-15Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-23H-15
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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.