Schweizer I-26E N1103S

26 April 1975 · Blairstown, New Jersey, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 April 1975 at about 12:30 local time, a Schweizer I-26E registered N1103S, operated by Icarus Soaring, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Blairstown, New Jersey, 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: 26 April 1975 at 12:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Blairstown, New Jersey, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer I-26E
Registration: N1103S
Category: Glider
Operator: Icarus Soaring
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0787

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

LOST ALTITUDE BEYOND RANGE OF AIRPORT, SELECTED OPEN FIELD, UNDERSHOT APPROACH, STRUCK TREE.

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 3-0787, 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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