Schweizer I-26E N2557H

19 August 1980 · Chardon, Ohio, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 19 August 1980 at about 17:10 local time, a Schweizer I-26E registered N2557H was involved in an accident during in flight near Chardon, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 August 1980 at 17:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Chardon, Ohio, United States
Nearest airport: Chardon
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer I-26E
Registration: N2557H
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1696

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	0	0

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

ONE MAIN GEAR-FUSELAGE.L WING SEP IN FLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB 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 3-1696, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
26 Apr 1975	Schweizer I-26E N1103S	Blairstown, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Icarus Soaring	No injuries	-
28 May 1989	Schweizer I-26E N1124S	Churchville, Maryland, United States	-	Serious injuries	-

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