- Date
- July 2, 1972
- Place
- Dover, NH · DOVER, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N679USchweizer 1-26
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117729
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2357 72/7/2 DOVER,NH SCHWEIZER 1-26 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 207 TIME - 1600 N679U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW LONDON,NH DOVER,NH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- LIFT WEAKENED-WING CAUGHT IN TALL GRASS.FUSELAGE,VERT STAB DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N679U
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N679URegistration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 1-26BAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26BEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N679U · 1
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