- Date
- June 7, 1981
- Place
- Mayville, NY · MAYVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1115SSchweizer 126E
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1984
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810607039029A
- Case key
- 125283
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2905 81/6/7 MAYVILLE,NY SCHWEIZER 126E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 248 TIME - 1300 N1115S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DART FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAYVILLE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- SINGLE SEAT,WHEEL EQPD GLIDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1115S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 126E
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dart Field
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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.