- Date
- April 30, 1980
- Place
- Calistoga, CA · CALISTOGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1165SSchweizer SGS134
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800430010709A
- Case key
- 131072
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0484 80/4/30 CALISTOGA,CA SCHWEIZER SGS134 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 195 TIME - 1430 N1165S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALISTOGA AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALISTOGA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FIXED SINGLE WHEEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1165S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS134
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Calistoga Airpark
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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.