- Date
- April 6, 1974
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2473WSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740406008319A
- Case key
- 186433
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0686 74/4/6 NR.VACAVILLE,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 8 TOTAL TIME - 1620 N2473W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VACAVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL. RIDGE SOARING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2473W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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
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