# Accident 19800620024569A: Scwzer SGS135, Hinckley, IL, June 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1980, 14:39 local time
- Place: Hinckley, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7714° N, 88.6404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hinckley, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7714&lon=-88.6404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34266, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34266-1980-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-35 (registry code 8050148, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 4 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEE30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800620024569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT MADE IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM SPIN AND WING FAILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI80FEE30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE30), Jun 20, 1980: Schweizer 1-35 (N34266), Hinckley, IL, destroyed

## Other reports on N34266 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760626021029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760626021029A), Jun 26, 1976: Scwzer SGS135 (N34266), Hinckley, IL, Substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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