Schweizer SGS-1 N3870A

6 July 1969 · Dansville, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 July 1969 at about 18:05 local time, a Schweizer SGS-1 registered N3870A, operated by Rochester Soar, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Dansville, New York, 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: 6 July 1969 at 18:05
Classification: Accident
Location: Dansville, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Dansville
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer SGS-1
Registration: N3870A
Category: Glider
Operator: Rochester Soar
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2973

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

CRCD DUE PROX OTR ACFT, CONTD FLT IN AREA OF WEAKLIFT, SPOILERS EXTDD UN CMPLT TURN.

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 3-2973, 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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