- Date
- April 9, 1977
- Place
- Windsor, VA · WINDSOR, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N680USchweizer 1-26B
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770409009359A
- Case key
- 157961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1145 77/4/9 WINDSOR,VA SCHWEIZER 1-26B CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1550 N680U PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARNER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINDSOR,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N680U
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Garner
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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