- Date
- March 25, 1967
- Place
- Carson City, NV · CARSON CITY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8688RSchweitzer 1-26A
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0964 67/3/25 CARSON CITY,NEV SCHWEITZER 1-26A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 420 TIME - 1845 N8688R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARSON CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8688R
- Reported as
- Schweitzer 1-26A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Carson City
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