- Date
- August 14, 1971
- Place
- Horseheads, NY · HORSEHEADS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1116SSchweizer 1-26
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162792
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3017 71/8/14 HORSEHEADS,NY SCHWEIZER 1-26 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 16, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N1116S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHEMUNG COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HORSEHEADS,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- STALLED DURG LOW ALT TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1116S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chemung County
N1116SRegistration cancelled Jun 4, 2012 · Schweizer SGS 1-26EAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26EEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N1116S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.