- Date
- August 21, 1988, 10:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place
- Elmira, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3613BSchweizer SGS-1-26E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880821034239A
- Case key
- 36221
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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 plt reported to the local police that he was having trouble getting lift and was attempting an off airport landing when the acft stalled at low alt and crashed. The pilot did not file an accident report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3613B
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-1-26E
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 699
- Airframe hours
- 695
- Engine
- unknown UNK, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Schweizer Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Schweizer Acft Corp.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 16, 1988 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- ELM · Elmira, NY
- Destination
- ELM
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12 total · 2 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.