- Date
- April 4, 1964
- Place
- Hilltown, PA · HILLTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91864Schweizer SGU222
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184939
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0280 64/4/4 HILLTOWN PA SCHWEIZER SGU222 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 141 TIME - 1400 N91864 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED *ERROR-INVALID CODE* OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91864
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGU222
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N91864Registration cancelled Nov 24, 2014 · Schweizer SGU 2-22Airframe modelSchweizer SGU 2-22Engine modelNONE
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