- Date
- July 20, 1971
- Place
- Mulberry Grve, IL · MULBERRY GRVE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8652RSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162121
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2755 71/7/20 MULBERRY GRVE,ILL SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 101 TIME - 1200 N8652R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HIGHLAND,ILL RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT UN MAINTAIN ALT ON X-C FLT. LND IN WEED FLD. L WG HIT UNKNOWN OBJECT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8652R
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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