- Date
- August 19, 1980
- Place
- Chardon, OH · CHARDON, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2557HSchweizer I-26E
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800819038839A
- Case key
- 130059
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1696 80/8/19 NR.CHARDON,OH SCHWEIZER I-26E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1710 N2557H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 55, 500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 49 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARDON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARDON,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- ONE MAIN GEAR-FUSELAGE.L WING SEP IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2557H
- Reported as
- Schweizer I-26E
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chardon
N2557HRegistration cancelled May 18, 2011 · Schweizer SGS 1-26EAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26EEngine 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.