Accident · 1992-07-27

What the record says

Event date

1992-07-27

Event type

Accident

Highest injury level

Minor injury

Aircraft

SCHWEIZER 1-26E (N1139S)

Operating rule

Part 91

Operator

LOWCOUNTRY SOARING ASSOCIATION Operator named in NTSB report

Operated by (per NTSB report)

LOWCOUNTRY SOARING ASSOCIATION

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE INFLIGHT PLANNING RESULTING IN AN ENCOUNTER WITH A WINDSHIFT ON FINAL APPROACH.

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.