- Date
- July 19, 1975
- Place
- North Plains, OR · NORTH PLAINS, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5759SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750719022819A
- Case key
- 150274
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2169 75/7/19 NORTH PLAINS,OR SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 10 TOTAL TIME - 1015 N5759S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE GLIDERPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH PLAINS,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- HIGH ON FINAL APCH,OVERCORRECTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5759S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eagle Gliderport
N5759SRegistration cancelled Jan 4, 2018 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5759S · 1
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