- Date
- July 25, 1978
- Place
- Boulder City, NV · BOULDER CITY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65841Scheitzer 2-33A
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780725020779A
- Case key
- 141318
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1617 78/7/25 BOULDER CITY,NV SCHEITZER 2-33A CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 10 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N65841 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOULDER CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER CITY,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- LEFT WING FAILED OUTBOARD & ADJACENT TO LIFT STRUT ATTACH FITTING ON MAIN SPAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65841
- Reported as
- Scheitzer 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Boulder City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N65841 · 1
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