- Date
- May 11, 1976
- Place
- Henderson, NV · HENDERSON, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2494WSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760511010829A
- Case key
- 153413
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0939 76/5/11 HENDERSON,NV SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 8 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N2494W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HENDERSON,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- LOW BASE LEG. R WG HIT LGE ROCKS DRG TURN TO FINAL APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2494W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Harbor
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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.