- Date
- October 13, 1974
- Place
- Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9845ESchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741013035939A
- Case key
- 141067
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3309 74/10/13 FREMONT,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 48 TIME - 1345 N9845E PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY SAILING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREMONT,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- LDG GEAR-SINGLE FIXED WHEEL.LND ON DRAG STRIP DUE OTR GLIDER IN ARPT PATTERN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9845E
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Sailing
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9845E · 1
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