# Incident 20000603017789I: Scwzer SGS136, Sparks, NV, June 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2000, 17:00 local time
- Place: Sparks, NV
- Airport: Palomino Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8325° N, 119.6826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Palomino Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8325&lon=-119.6826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3617U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3617U-2021-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-36 (registry code 8050153, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS136
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000603017789I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT LANDED OFF-AIRPORT. DURING ROLL OUT, THE GLIDER ENCOUNTERED A SHALLOW TRENCH, RESULTING I MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO THE GLIDER.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE PILOT, WHIEL ON VACTION IN THE U.S., HAD NOT OBTAINED A UU.S. STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE.  THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF FAR 61.3(A) AND 61.75.  SUBSEQUENTALLY, THE PILOT OBTAINED A U.S. CERTIFICATE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N3617U (2)

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

- [Accident 20120627013049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120627013049A), Jun 27, 2012: Schweizer SGS 1-36 (N3617U), Bishop, CA, Substantial damage. Glider, N3617U, launched from the bih airport on June 27, 2012 via aero tow at about 1430 local and was towed to an altitude of 3000 feet AGL above the white…
- [Accident 19840922050679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840922050679A), Sep 22, 1984: Scwzer SGS136 (N3617U), Marana, AZ, Substantial damage. Developed high sink rate. Had to land in rough desert short of the glider port. Low brush cause a ground loop.

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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