- Date
- February 22, 1980
- Place
- Colorado Spgs, CO · COLORADO SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7653Schweizer I-34
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800222003269A
- Case key
- 131523
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1309 80/2/22 COLORADO SPGS,CO SCHWEIZER I-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 476 TIME - 1300 N7653 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AF ACADEMY AIRFLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPGS,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD REMARKS- HIGH ALT FLT.URINE ANALYSIS POS FOR PHENEGAN,DARVOSET.TALWIN TAKEN WITHIN 24HRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7653
- Reported as
- Schweizer I-34
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Af Academy Airfld
N7653Registration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 1-34Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-34Engine modelNONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7653 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.