Schweitzer 1-26A N8688R

25 March 1967 · Carson City, Nevada, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 March 1967 at about 18:45 local time, a Schweitzer 1-26A registered N8688R was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Carson City, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 March 1967 at 18:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Carson City, Nevada, United States
Nearest airport: Carson City
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweitzer 1-26A
Registration: N8688R
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-0964

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0964, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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