- Date
- June 20, 1980
- Place
- Hinckley, IL · HINCKLEY, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N34266Schweizer 1-35
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800620024569A
- Case key
- 130644
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2882 80/6/20 HINCKLEY,IL SCHWEIZER 1-35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 300 TIME - 1439 N34266 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HINCKLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HINCKLEY,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- WTR GUSHED INTO COCKPIT DRG SPIN RCVRY & NEG G.PLT'S VISION OBSCD.R WING SEPD.PLT BAILED OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34266
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-35
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hinckley
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N34266 · 1
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