- Date
- June 9, 1980
- Place
- Amanda, OH · AMANDA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9909JSchweizer 1-26B
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800609019049A
- Case key
- 130569
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2904 80/6/9 AMANDA,OH SCHWEIZER 1-26B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 200 TIME - 1400 N9909J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAYNESVILLE,OH BEDFORD,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- THERMALS DETERIORATED DRG X-COUNTRY.PLT DID NOT SEE A 2ND SET OF WIRES TILL ON FINAL APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9909J
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.