- Date
- February 18, 1968
- Place
- Elizaville, NY · ELIZAVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3834ASchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112008
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0516 68/2/18 ELIZAVILLE,NY SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 327 TIME - 1230 N3834A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 20 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DOWNWIND STAGE OF FLT,WINDS 20 KTS WITH GUSTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3834A
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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