- Date
- May 28, 1976
- Place
- Plymouth, CT · PLYMOUTH, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34189Schweizer SGS135
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760528013649A
- Case key
- 154285
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1922 76/5/28 PLYMOUTH,CT SCHWEIZER SGS135 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1442 TIME - 1625 N34189 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL GLIDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34189
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS135
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waterbury
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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.