- Date
- July 24, 1980
- Place
- Wurtsboro, NY · WURTSBORO, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N17905Schweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800724090469A
- Case key
- 129807
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0881 80/7/24 NR.WURTSBORO,NY SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, 1430 TIME - 1635 N17905 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WURTSBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WURTSBORO,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK REMARKS- ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION FM THROMBUS IN L CORONARY ARTERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17905
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wurtsboro
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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