- Date
- July 22, 1968
- Place
- Marfa, TX · MARFA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2763ZSchweizer 1-26A
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109219
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2425 68/7/22 MARFA,TEX SCHWEIZER 1-26A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1500 TIME - 1130 N2763Z PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRESIDIO COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- LANDING ON TAXIWAY. SOARING CONTEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2763Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Presidio County
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