- Date
- September 15, 1973
- Place
- Moriarty, NM · MORIARTY, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8671RSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730915030929A
- Case key
- 188469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3017 73/9/15 MORIARTY,N MEX SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1325 N8671R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 3250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 12 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORIARTY AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORIARTY,N MEX 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) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LOST LIFT,SELECTED OFF-AIRPORT LDNG SITE.GUSTS TO 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8671R
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moriarty Airport
N8671RRegistered now · Schweizer SGS 1-26BAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26BEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8671R · 1
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