Plane Crash List

Schweizer 1-26 N679U

2 July 1972 · Dover, New Hampshire, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 July 1972 at about 16:00 local time, a Schweizer 1-26 registered N679U, operated by Nutmeg Soaring, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Dover, New Hampshire, 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 16:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Dover, New Hampshire, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Schweizer 1-26
Registration
N679U
Category
Glider
Operator
Nutmeg Soaring
Operating rule
Flying Club
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
New London, Nh → S
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-2357

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

LIFT WEAKENED-WING CAUGHT IN TALL GRASS.FUSELAGE, VERT STAB DMGD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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