- Date
- October 28, 1978
- Place
- Hailey, ID · HAILEY, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5753SSchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781028035869A
- Case key
- 139124
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3177 78/10/28 HAILEY,ID SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 8 TOTAL TIME - 1540 N5753S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAILEY,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 67 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL ACFT. DENSITY ALT AROUT 10000FT. PLT WAS RIDGE SOARING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5753S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.