- Date
- October 6, 1975
- Place
- Calistoga, CA · CALISTOGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7787SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751006035299A
- Case key
- 151250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3008 75/10/6 CALISTOGA,CA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 203 TIME - 1050 N7787S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALISTOGA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALISTOGA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION MISCELLANEOUS - SUICIDE REMARKS- TAPE RECORDING LEFT BY PLT AS EVIDENCE. DOVE INTO CANYON WALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7787S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Calistoga
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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.