- Date
- August 14, 1977
- Place
- West Bend, WI · WEST BEND, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2780ZSchweizer 1-26B
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770814034039A
- Case key
- 146041
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3286 77/8/14 WEST BEND, WI SCHWEIZER 1-26B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 134 TIME - 1522 N2780Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST BEND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST BEND, WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- STRETCHING GLIDE TO AVOID ACFT IN APCH PATH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2780Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Bend
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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.