- Date
- July 23, 1977
- Place
- North Plains, OR · NORTH PLAINS, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5759SSchweizer 2-33A
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770723026529A
- Case key
- 145839
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2781 77/7/23 NORTH PLAINS,OR SCHWEIZER 2-33A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N5759S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO AGE 34, 831 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE GLIDERPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH PLAINS,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN REMARKS- GLIDER UNDER TOW.PLT RCVG GLIDER INSTRUCTION.HIT 2 PARKED ACFT.WING-RUNNER RELEASED W/TIP EARLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5759S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33A
- 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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Other investigations on N5759S · 1
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