- Date
- June 8, 1968
- Place
- Toughkenamon, PA · TOUGHKENAMON, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8683RSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1815 68/6/8 TOUGHKENAMON,PA SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 512 TIME - 1530 N8683R PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW GARDEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT EXTENDED DOWNWIND LEG TOO FAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8683R
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Garden
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