- Date
- March 22, 1981
- Place
- Dell City, TX · DELL CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17932Schweizer 1-26E
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810322022669A
- Case key
- 126886
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0484 81/3/22 DELL CITY,TX SCHWEIZER 1-26E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 1054 TIME - 1355 N17932 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DELL CITY,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- COLLIDED W CACTUS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17932
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26E
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N17932Registered now · Schweizer SGS 1-26EAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26EEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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