# Accident 19750921037079A: Scwzer SGS135, Maricopa, AZ, September 21, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1975
- Place: Maricopa, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.0581° N, 112.0476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maricopa, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0581&lon=-112.0476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34087, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34087-1976-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-35 (registry code 8050148, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,010 total, 2 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750921037079A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO MTN SLOPE. OBS STATED WIND WAS BLOWING VERY HARD.

## 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 LAX76AL021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL021), Sep 21, 1975: Schweizer SGS135 (N34087), Maricopa, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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