- Date
- January 23, 1980
- Place
- Enid, AZ · ENID, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65960Schweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800123003499A
- Case key
- 136404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1358 80/1/23 NR.ENID,AZ SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 210 TIME - 1510 N65960 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ENID,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD L WING TIP ENCTRD THERMAL WHILE RIDGE SOARING 150-200FT AGL,200FT BLO MTN TOP,42MPH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65960
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N65960Registration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 1-26CAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26CEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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