- Date
- August 8, 1968
- Place
- Crawford, NY · CRAWFORD, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3800ASchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108496
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3368 68/8/8 CRAWFORD,NY SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 41 TOTAL TIME - 1415 N3800A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. 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 REMARKS- THERMALS DIMINISHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3800A
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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