- Date
- January 19, 1980
- Place
- Benton, TN · BENTON, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2994HSchweizer 1-26E
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800119000489A
- Case key
- 132237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0082 80/1/19 BENTON,TN SCHWEIZER 1-26E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1520 N2994H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHILHOWEE GLIDER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BENTON,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE THERMAL ACTIVITY AT A LOW ALTITUDE,ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2994H
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26E
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chilhowee Glider
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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.