- Date
- June 19, 1980
- Place
- Issaquah, WA · ISSAQUAH, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65952Schweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800619026159A
- Case key
- 136450
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0689 80/6/19 ISSAQUAH,WA SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 65, TIME - 1555 N65952 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 227 TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISSAQUAH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ISSAQUAH,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- RIDGE SOARING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65952
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Issaquah
N65952Registration cancelled Jul 9, 2008 · Schweizer SGS 1-26EAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26EEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N65952 · 1
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