- Date
- June 24, 1973
- Place
- Colo Springs, CO · COLO SPRINGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1144SSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730624027759A
- Case key
- 189864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2728 73/6/24 COLO SPRINGS,COLO SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 14, 7 TOTAL TIME - 1345 N1144S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLK FOREST GLIDER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLO SPRINGS,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- FIRST FLT IN THIS MODEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1144S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Blk Forest Glider
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.