- Date
- May 27, 1979
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5783SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790527014709A
- Case key
- 136270
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1194 79/5/27 VACAVILLE,CA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N5783S PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VACAVILLE GLIDER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VACAVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- CENTER LINE,WHEEL,RETRACT,LND GEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5783S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vacaville Glider
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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.