# Accident 19730705019509A: Scwzer SGS126B, Las Vegas, NV, July 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1973
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2769Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2769Z-1974-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26B (registry code 8050118, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 2 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FVW01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVW01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730705019509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WIND GUSTING 7K.THERMAL DISSIPATED,ACFT AT SLOW AIRSPEED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK74FVW01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVW01), Jul 5, 1973: Schweizer SGS126 (N2769Z), Las Vegas, NV, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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