- Date
- April 5, 1964
- Place
- Dodge City, KS · DODGE CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N40278Schweizer 119A
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184626
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0824 64/4/5 DODGE CITY KANS SCHWEIZER 119A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 8 TOTAL TIME - 1505 N40278 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILDROADS GARDENS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT-SET ALTIMETER BY ESTIMATE WHILE BEING TOWED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40278
- Reported as
- Schweizer 119A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wildroads Gardens
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