- Date
- May 5, 1979
- Place
- Elmira, NY · ELMIRA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N76JPSchweizer SGS134
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790505009919A
- Case key
- 136131
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1018 79/5/5 ELMIRA,NY SCHWEIZER SGS134 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1792 TIME - 1325 N76JP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRIS HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELMIRA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT CONCERNED WITH OTR GLIDER IN LNDG PATTERN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76JP
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS134
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harris Hill
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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.