- Date
- May 29, 1965
- Place
- Richland, WA · RICHLAND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8650RSchweizer SGSI26
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177918
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1342 65/5/29 RICHLAND WASH SCHWEIZER SGSI26 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 405 TIME - 1330 N8650R PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 85 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8650R
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGSI26
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Richland