- Date
- July 6, 1980
- Place
- Oahu, HI · OAHU, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5640VSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800706023589A
- Case key
- 129868
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1498 80/7/6 OAHU,HI SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1810 N5640V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 47, 7216 TOTAL HOURS, 16 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DILLINGHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAHU,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CROSSED REMARKS- PLT REVERSED ELEV CONTROLS DRG REASSEMBLY.SINGLE WHEEL EQPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5640V
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dillingham
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.