- Date
- January 2, 1978
- Place
- Mena, AR · MENA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7716SSchweizer 1-26
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780102000059A
- Case key
- 143592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0113 78/1/2 MENA,AR SCHWEIZER 1-26 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 15, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1450 N7716S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MENA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MENA,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO FIND LIFTING THERMAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7716S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mena
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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.