- Date
- April 19, 1975
- Place
- Colville, WA · COLVILLE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5721SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750419011349A
- Case key
- 149094
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2841 75/4/19 COLVILLE,WA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1515 N5721S PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLVILLE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- TOW PLANE BECAME AIRBORNE THEN SETTLED.STUDENT THOUGHT TOW IN TROUBLE & RELEASED.HIT TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5721S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Colville Muni
N5721SRegistration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Schweizer SGS 2-33Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33Engine modelNONE
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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.