- Date
- June 30, 1971
- Place
- Oracle, AZ · ORACLE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3838ASchweizer 1-26A
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2584 71/6/30 ORACLE,ARIZ SCHWEIZER 1-26A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 155 TIME - 1530 N3838A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 81 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARICOPA,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UNABLE TO GET LIFT,LANDED IN PARKING LOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3838A
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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