Aviation Crash Map

Schweizer 1-26E N65937

11 July 1979 · Tucson, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 11 July 1979 at about 13:00 local time, a Schweizer 1-26E registered N65937 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Tucson, Arizona, 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
at 13:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Schweizer 1-26E
Registration
N65937
Category
Glider
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
S → S
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-1904

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT STATED-RELEASED FROM TOW TOO SOON & COULDN'TFIND THERMAL.FORCED LNDG IN MESQUITE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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