- Date
- June 24, 1974
- Place
- Highland, IL · HIGHLAND, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7727SSchweizer 1-26D
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740624019009A
- Case key
- 173407
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1716 74/6/24 HIGHLAND,ILL SCHWEIZER 1-26D CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 59, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1900 N7727S PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HIGHLAND-WINET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HIGHLAND,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- TURNED ON FINAL,WING HIT FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7727S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26D
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Highland-Winet
N7727SRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2014 · Schweizer SGS 1-26DAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26DEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.