- Date
- September 18, 1976
- Place
- Monroe, WA · MONROE, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5728SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760918031349A
- Case key
- 155674
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3095 76/9/18 MONROE,WA SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 495 TIME - 1630 N5728S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FROMBACH FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONROE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MADE TWO 360'S OVER ARPT,THEN OVERSHOT.LDG OFF ARPT,BOUNCED,ROLLED INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5728S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Frombach Field
N5728SRegistration cancelled May 8, 2021 · 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.
Other investigations on N5728S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA07LA041Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportImmokalee, FLThe failure of the glider towing "weak link," for undetermined reasons, at an inadequate altitude to effect a normal landing, resulting in a hard landing.NTSB MIA06CA045Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportImmokalee, FLThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance during the final approach to land, which resulted in an impact with trees, and a hard landing.NTSB LAX69D0054Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPearblossom, CA