- Date
- March 1, 1975
- Place
- Covington, LA · COVINGTON, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8637RSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750301002829A
- Case key
- 148012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0267 75/3/1 COVINGTON,LA SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 15, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N8637R PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAK HILL SAILPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COVINGTON,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL. L WG HIT GRND DRG TURN TO FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8637R
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oak Hill Sailport
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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.