- Date
- January 27, 1979
- Place
- Windsor, VA · WINDSOR, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N249AFSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790127001689A
- Case key
- 137651
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0002 79/1/27 WINDSOR,VA SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 1150 TIME - 1310 N249AF PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARNER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINDSOR,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO CONNECT ELEV HORN TO ELEV PUSH-PULL ROD DRG GLIDER ASSY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N249AF
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Garner
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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.
Other investigations on N249AF · 1
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