ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70743
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| Date: | 06-OCT-1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Schweizer SGS 2-33 |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2616H |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Twentynine Palm, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | |
WHILE BEING TOWED AT AN ALT OF APRX 200 FT AGL GLIDER WAS BELOW NORMAL TOW POSITION. GLIDER WAS PUT INTO A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE FOR CORRECTION AND THE WEAK LINK IN THE TOW LINE SEPARATED. GLIDER STALLED, RT WING DROPPED AND ACFT CONTACTED THE TERRAIN.
Sources:
NTSB Identification: LAX85LA003
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