19800819038839A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Scwzer SGS 1-26E · Chardon, OH · August 19, 1980

Date
August 19, 1980 · 17:10 local
Place
Chardon, OH
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2557H
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI80FA064
Reported as
Scwzer SGS126E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total49 in this make and model129 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.

Exceeded design load limits of glider while practicing acrobatics at an unsafe altitude. Unskill in manuever.

As the FAA filed it

EXCEEDED DESIGN LOAD LIMITS OF GLIDER WHILE PRACTICING ACROBATICS AT AN UNSAFE ALTITUDE. UNSKILL IN MANUEVER.

NTSB investigation

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