- Date
- June 28, 1985, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cambria, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N691USchweizer SGS 1-26
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850628029029A
- Case key
- 35898
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The glider, while returning to land after a pleasure flt, encounter a rainshower and strong downdraft. The plt made a landing in a farmers fld. During the landing the right wing caught and the acft ground looped, incurring substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N691U
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-26
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Duane Carl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 62NY · Lockport/Cambria
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 338 total · 238 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.