ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142179
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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| Date: | 28-JAN-2012 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Schweizer 2-33A |
| Operator: | Pleasant Valley Soaring LLC |
| Registration: | N17873 |
| C/n / msn: | 243 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Southwest of the Pleasant Valley Airport - P48, Peoria, AZ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | P48 |
| P48 |
A small glider plane, a Schweizer 2-33A, N17873, crashed in Peoria on Saturday afternoon 28 January 2012 in Peoria, Arizona, resulting in only minor injuries for the two people on board.
The pilot mistakenly released the tow-line at too low an altitude to enable a return to the departure airport.
The glider made a forced landing in the desert.
Sources:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/peoria/articles/2012/01/30/20120130peoria-plane-crash-abrk.html
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/entertainment/travel/glider-plane-crash-lands-in-desert-01282012
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/04_17873.txt
https://nfdc.faa.gov/nfdcApps/airportLookup/airportDisplay.jsp?category=nasr&airportId=p48
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120130X32358&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2012 13:17 | gerard57 | Added |
| 30-Jan-2012 15:40 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2012 00:52 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2012 14:13 | FLYINGBROTHER1 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage] |
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