Plane Crash List

Schweizer 1-26 N3855A

21 February 1970 · Apple Vally, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 February 1970 at about 14:00 local time, a Schweizer 1-26 registered N3855A was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Apple Vally, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 14:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Apple Vally, California, United States
Nearest airport
Apple Valley
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Schweizer 1-26
Registration
N3855A
Category
Glider
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-0987

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 SAID HE MADE ST IN APCH FROM THE N.UN CLEAR WIRES DUE DWNDRAFT, TURNED, CRASH LANDED.GUSTING 40K

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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