- Date
- December 5, 1980
- Place
- Colorado Sprgs, CO · COLORADO SPRGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65912Schweizer SGS1
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801205071529A
- Case key
- 127531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3635 80/12/5 COLORADO SPRGS,CO SCHWEIZER SGS1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 87 TOTAL TIME - 1005 N65912 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLK FOREST GLDPRT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPRGS,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65912
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS1
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blk Forest Gldprt
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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.