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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scwzer SGS126 · Chardon, OH · April 25, 1980

Date
April 25, 1980 · 17:00 local
Place
Chardon, OH
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2557A
Reported as
Scwzer SGS126
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
50 total10 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Glider pilot had to make 360 to avoid another glider, lost altitude and landed short.

As the FAA filed it

GLIDER PILOT HAD TO MAKE 360 TO AVOID ANOTHER GLIDER, LOST ALTITUDE AND LANDED SHORT.