Schweizer 2-32 N9858E

28 August 1971 · Fremont, California, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 28 August 1971 at about 17:30 local time, a Schweizer 2-32 registered N9858E, operated by Bay Area Soari, was involved in an accident during in flight near Fremont, California, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 August 1971 at 17:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Nearest airport: Fremont
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer 2-32
Registration: N9858E
Category: Glider
Operator: Bay Area Soari
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3218

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

GLIDER STALLED WHILE SLOPE SOARING. INSUF ALT TORECOVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3218, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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