- Date
- May 13, 1978
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2437WSchweizer 2-33A
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780513009969A
- Case key
- 142207
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0726 78/5/13 VACAVILLE,CA SCHWEIZER 2-33A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N2437W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 2120 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1353 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VACAVILLE GLDR PT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VACAVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SAILPLANE WITH SINGLE WHEEL,WIND GUSTING TO 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2437W
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vacaville Gldr Pt
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.