19860428070512A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Scwzer SGS 1-26B · Julian, PA · April 28, 1986

Date: April 28, 1986 · 13:30 local
Place: Julian, PA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N686U
NTSB investigation: NTSBNYC86FA114
Reported as: Scwzer SGS126B
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,250 total500 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

N686URegistered now · Schweizer SGS 1-26BS/N 305 Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26B

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.

Aircraft was struck from behind and below by 40MS who was climbing. Inverted spin resulted with ground impact.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND AND BELOW BY 40MS WHO WAS CLIMBING. INVERTED SPIN RESULTED WITH GROUND IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB NYC86FA114Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportJulian, PAThe plt of N686U reported he was established in weak thermal at an alt of aprx 2500 AGL when two other gliders were seen. One at aprx the same alt and one below his alt. He continued to state that the glider which was at his alt passed very close to but…Apr 28, 1986 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

N40MSAmtr DG400Accident 19860428070511A · Destroyed