- Date
- August 21, 1976
- Place
- Sterling, MA · STERLING, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1106SSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760821027149A
- Case key
- 155856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2876 76/8/21 NR.STERLING,MA SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1796 TIME - 1330 N1106S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STERLING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STERLING,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PIC ENCOUNTERD DOWNDRAFT,ATTEMPTD TO STRETCH GLIDE TO A LANDING SITE.WHEEL EQPD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1106S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sterling
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1106S · 1
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