ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65136
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| Date: | Saturday 6 January 2007 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Schweizer SGS 2-33 |
| Owner/operator: | High Soaring, Inc. |
| Registration: | N5728S |
| MSN: | SGS-2-33-72 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Immokalee, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Immokalee, FL (KIMM) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after takeoff after being towed by an automobile, the "weak link" of the tow rope broke while the glider was at an altitude of 40 feet. The pilot-rated student pitched down and established landing attitude at about 5 feet. The glider made a hard landing, seriously injuring the CFI. The pilot-rated student was not injured. The failed "weak link" was discarded by the operator before the NTSB made contact.
Probable Cause: The failure of the glider towing "weak link," for undetermined reasons, at an inadequate altitude to effect a normal landing, resulting in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20070209X00165&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2009 08:08 | DColclasure | Added |
| 04-Jul-2009 10:58 | DColclasure | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 04-Dec-2017 18:29 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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