- Date
- July 6, 1969
- Place
- Dansville, NY · DANSVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3870ASchweizer SGS-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165673
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2973 69/7/6 DANSVILLE,NY SCHWEIZER SGS-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 317 TIME - 1805 N3870A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANSVILLE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- CRCD DUE PROX OTR ACFT,CONTD FLT IN AREA OF WEAK LIFT,SPOILERS EXTDD UN CMPLT TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3870A
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-1
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dansville
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