- Date
- September 4, 1973
- Place
- Franconia, NH · FRANCONIA, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1118SSchweizer 126
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730904031519A
- Case key
- 188252
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3235 73/9/4 FRANCONIA,NH SCHWEIZER 126 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N1118S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANCONIA,NH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1118S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fraconia
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.