# Accident 19740805028219A: Scwzer SGS134, Helendale, CA, August 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1974
- Place: Helendale, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 34.7439° N, 117.3245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Helendale, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7439&lon=-117.3245&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7656, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7656-2009-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (registry code 8050146, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS134
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 405 total, 133 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75DUG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75DUG05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740805028219A

## Narrative

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

LIFT WAS LOST.LNDD ON OPEN SANDY GRAVEL TERRAIN.LEFT WING HIT GRD.

## 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 LAX75DUG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75DUG05), Aug 5, 1974: Schweizer SGS134 (N7656), Helendale, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7656 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20090912016709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090912016709A), Sep 12, 2009: Scwzer SGS134 (N7656), Lake Elsinore, CA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) Glider on take off crashed on 29R at Skylark airport. Substantial damage. Pilot was transported to hospital and later died.

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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