- Date
- September 4, 1972
- Place
- Campbell, NY · CAMPBELL, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1140SSchweizer 1-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0849 72/9/4 CAMPBELL,NY SCHWEIZER 1-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N1140S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELMIRA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 61 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- OUTRIGGER WHEELS.WX BRIEFING BY GROUP LEADER.PLT ENCOUNTERED SINKING AIR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1140S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-23
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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