- Date
- March 9, 1980
- Place
- Charlestown, WV · CHARLESTOWN, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2781ZSchweizer 1-26C
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800309008469A
- Case key
- 131852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0275 80/3/9 NR.CHARLESTOWN,WV SCHWEIZER 1-26C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 813 TIME - 1115 N2781Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 516 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FAIRFIELD,PA. RETURN ROUND ROBIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT PLND TO USE THERMAL & RIDGE LIFT DRG ROUND ROBIN,LOST ALL LIFT.ATTEMPTED LNDG IN SHORT FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2781Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26C
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.