- Date
- February 1, 1980
- Place
- Colorado Spgs, CO · COLORADO SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N555CFSchweizer 1-34
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800201002149A
- Case key
- 132217
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0061 80/2/1 COLORADO SPGS,CO SCHWEIZER 1-34 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 36 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N555CF PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - USAFA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLACK FOREST,CO BLACK FOREST,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- GLIDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N555CF
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-34
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Usafa
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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.