- Date
- December 27, 1970
- Place
- Friendswood, TX · FRIENDSWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3728ZSchweizer 1-26B
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4519 70/12/27 FRIENDSWOOD,TEX SCHWEIZER 1-26B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 11 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N3728Z PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRIENDSWOOD,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- WHEEL EQPD.TOTAL TIME THIS MAKE AND MODEL .8HR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3728Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clover