- Date
- October 14, 1979
- Place
- Port Matilda, PA · PORT MATILDA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34182Schweizer SGS135
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791014029169A
- Case key
- 133336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3601 79/10/14 PORT MATILDA,PA SCHWEIZER SGS135 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 260 TIME - 0715 N34182 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JULIAN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- PLT TURNING TOWARDS FIELD AT BASE OF MTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34182
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS135
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N34182Registration cancelled Apr 7, 2017 · Schweizer SGS 1-35Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-35Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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