- Date
- May 30, 1981
- Place
- Colorado Spgs, CO · COLORADO SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7676Schweizer 134
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810530029849A
- Case key
- 125379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3231 81/5/30 COLORADO SPGS,CO SCHWEIZER 134 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 164 TIME - 1220 N7676 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK FOREST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPGS,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 22 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 26KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7676
- Reported as
- Schweizer 134
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Black Forest
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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.