- Date
- November 8, 1975
- Place
- Montevallo, AL · MONTEVALLO, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5747SSchweizer 1-26C
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751108035069A
- Case key
- 152195
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3937 75/11/8 MONTEVALLO,AL SCHWEIZER 1-26C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 109 TIME - 1615 N5747S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING X DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTEVALLO,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: SPECTATOR REMARKS- SPECTATOR TAKING PICTURES.PLT OBSVD SPECTATOR RUN CLR BEFORE BEING HIT BY WING.WHEEL EQPD GLIDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5747S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26C
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying X
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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.