# Accident 20000816015319A: Scwzer SGS134, Zephyrhills, FL, August 16, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2000, 14:03 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2593° N, 82.1306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2593&lon=-82.1306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7679, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7679-2014-11-18) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 20 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA239) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000816015319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED ON THIS FLIGHT THAT HE WAS LOW ON DOWNWIND LEG AND BASE LEG TO RWY 36. AFTER TURNING TO THE FINAL APPROACH HE PULLED UP TO CLEAR THE TREES THE GLIDER STALLED AND SPUN TO THE RIGHT. GLIDER CRASHED SHORT OF AIRPORT ON FINAL TO RWY 36. THIS INFO WAS OBTAINED BY AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT IN HIS HOME ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2000 WITH BRUCE HASETINE FAA. (.4) ON AUGUST 16, 2000, AT ABOUT 1403 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A SCHWEIZER SGS 1-34, N7679, REGISTERED TO TAMPA BAY SOARING SOCIETY INC., OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED ON LANDING IN THE VICINITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ZPH), ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE GLIDER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ZPH, ABOUT 33 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT REMEMBERS DEPARTING ON THE GLIDER FLIGHT; AND REMEMBERS RETURNING TO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, BUT HAS NO FURTHER RECALL OF THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ACCIDENT. THE BROTHER OF THE INJURED PILOT STATED HE OBSERVED THE GLIDER ESTABLISHED ON A LOW AND SLOW FINAL TO RUNWAY 36, BEFORE THE GLIDER STARTED SPI          NNING TO THE RIGHT. HE CONTACTED UNICOM ON A HANDHELD RADIO AND ASKED THEM TO CALL 911.

## 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 MIA00LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA239), Aug 16, 2000: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (N7679), Zephyrhills, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed on final approach resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N7679 (1)

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

- [Accident 19941022038429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941022038429A), Oct 22, 1994: Scwzer SGS134 (N7679), Mulberry, FL, Substantial damage. No brake on landing. Turned off runway avoid overrum. Struck sign and ditch leaky brake cylinder. Lost all fluid.

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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