- Date
- August 5, 1966
- Place
- Ketchum, ID · KETCHUM, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2763RSchweizer 1-26B
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171658
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0549 66/8/5 KETCHUM ID SCHWEIZER 1-26B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N2763R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 47, 85 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 65 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT FLEW INTO LEE CURRENTS OF ONE RIDGE ENROUTE TO SECOND RIDGE TO GAIN ALT. ECOUNTERED DOWNDRFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2763R
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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