19800123003499A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Scwzer SGS 1-26C · Enid, AZ · January 23, 1980

Date
January 23, 1980 · 15:10 local
Place
Enid, AZ
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N65960
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DUJ26
Reported as
Scwzer SGS126C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
210 total50 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Allowed sailplane to stall & spin into trees on mountain when one wing hit a thermal.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED SAILPLANE TO STALL & SPIN INTO TREES ON MOUNTAIN WHEN ONE WING HIT A THERMAL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.