- Date
- August 16, 1980
- Place
- Mt Salem, NJ · MT SALEM, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83TTSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800816036469A
- Case key
- 129529
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2000 80/8/16 MT SALEM,NJ SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 112 TIME - 1230 N83TT PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WURTSBORO,NJ SNYDER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SINGLE WHL GLIDER.WNDS GSTG 20KTS.PLT FLEW INTO AREA OF DSNDG AIR NR MT SALEM.LNDD IN WOODED AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83TT
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N83TTRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 1-26CAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26CEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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