- Date
- April 2, 1967
- Place
- Wurtsboro, NY · WURTSBORO, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N679USchweitzer 1-26
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1079 67/4/2 WURTSBORO,NY SCHWEITZER 1-26 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 15, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1305 N679U PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WURTSBORO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N679U
- Reported as
- Schweitzer 1-26
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wurtsboro
N679URegistration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 1-26BAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26BEngine modelNONE
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