Schweizer SGU222 N9848E

9 July 1978 · Park Forest, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 July 1978 at about 11:35 local time, a Schweizer SGU222 registered N9848E was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Park Forest, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 9 July 1978 at 11:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Park Forest, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Haedtler Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer SGU222
Registration: N9848E
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Civil Air Patrol
Purpose of flight: Solo
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1832

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

COLLIDED WITH TRACTOR.UNSAFE CONDITION-OPERATIONOF TRACTOR NEAR RUNWAY.

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 3-1832, 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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Other Schweizer SGU222 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
7 Oct 1979	Schweizer SGU222 N9917J	Moweaqua, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
16 Jun 1979	Schweizer SGU222 N5822V	Williamson, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Birmingham SOA	No injuries	-
12 Aug 1979	Schweizer SGU222 N2411W	Montevallo, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 Oct 1976	Schweizer SGU222 N2787Z	Boise, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Gliders Inc.	Serious injuries	-
24 Jul 1976	Schweizer SGU222 N5828V	Belden, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
3 Oct 1976	Schweizer SGU222 N681U	Park Forest, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Air Display In	Serious injuries	-

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