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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Scwzer SGS 1-26D · Lucerne Valley, CA · May 28, 1984

Date
May 28, 1984 · 11:12 local
Place
Lucerne Valley, CA
Airport
Rabbit Dry Lake
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7710S
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX84LA327
Reported as
Scwzer SGS126D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,822 total2 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Glider stalled on final approach for downwind landing causing right wing to drop and sailplane to cartwheel.

As the FAA filed it

GLIDER STALLED ON FINAL APPROACH FOR DOWNWIND LANDING CAUSING RIGHT WING TO DROP AND SAILPLANE TO CARTWHEEL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.