- Date
- September 9, 1981
- Place
- Blairstown, NJ · BLAIRSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8622RSchweizer 1-23H
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810909059339A
- Case key
- 123429
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2882 81/9/9 BLAIRSTOWN,NJ SCHWEIZER 1-23H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 44 TOTAL TIME - 1131 N8622R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLAIRSTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLAIRSTOWN,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UNLOCKED SPOILERS UNKNLY OPENED DRG TKOF.UN CLR WOODED AREA AFT RLS,1300FT AGL.LNDD IN SMALL CLRG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8622R
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-23H
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blairstown
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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.