- Date
- July 26, 1973
- Place
- Belgrade, MT · BELGRADE, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7758SSchweizer 2-33
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730726022999A
- Case key
- 188998
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2742 73/7/26 NR.BELGRADE,MONT SCHWEIZER 2-33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 1200 TIME - 1715 N7758S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOZEMAN,MONT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- GLIDER LOST LIFT.STRUCK TRACTOR ON LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7758S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gallatin Field
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Other investigations on N7758S · 1
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