- Date
- February 19, 1977
- Place
- Arcadia, FL · ARCADIA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12WSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770219003829A
- Case key
- 158067
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0840 77/2/19 ARCADIA,FL SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 14 TIME - 1430 N12W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARCADIA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARCADIA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arcadia Municipal
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Other investigations on N12W · 1
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