# Accident 19780530011731A: Scwzer SGS135, Maricopa, AZ, May 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1978
- Place: Maricopa, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- 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: N135RD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N135RD-1990-11-21) (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: 733 total, 170 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780530011731A

## Narrative

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

BOTH GLIDERS WORKING THERMALS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6LV, Laikfn TG4A: [Accident 19780530011732A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780530011732A)

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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