- Date
- September 27, 1980
- Place
- Moriarty, NM · MORIARTY, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8671RSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800927050089A
- Case key
- 128649
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2816 80/9/27 MORIARTY,NM SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N8671R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 58, 2098 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORIARITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORIARTY,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- S/W RETRACTABLE.UTILITY BOX INCORPORATED IN CNTR CONSOLE,OPEN DOOR RESTRICTED MVMT OF STICK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8671R
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Moriarity
N8671RRegistered now · Schweizer SGS 1-26BAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26BEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8671R · 1
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