Schweizer 1-26 N2712Z

29 July 1975 · Plainfield, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 July 1975 at about 18:00 local time, a Schweizer 1-26 registered N2712Z, operated by Windy City SOA, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Plainfield, Illinois, 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: 29 July 1975 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Plainfield, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Clow
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer 1-26
Registration: N2712Z
Category: Glider
Operator: Windy City SOA
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Solo
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3091

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

GLIDER N91837 SUBSTANTIAL DMG.T/D IN CRAB AFTR BOUNCED LNDG.N91837 WAITING FOR TOW ACFT.

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 3-3091, 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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