# Accident 20120627013049A: Schweizer SGS 1-36, Bishop, CA, June 27, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2012, 16:00 local time
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4081° N, 118.3406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4081&lon=-118.3406&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: SCHWEIZER SGS 1-36
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 25 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120627013049A

## Narrative

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

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 MOUNTAINS.  SOARING FLIGHT WAS MAINTAINED FOR ABOUT 1.5 HOURS REACHING AN ALTITUDE OF 12,200 FEET.  ON RETURN TO BIH AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16 WAS PLANNED, BUT A SIGNIFICANT SINK WAS ENCOUNTERED NECESSITATING AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING.  LANDING WAS MADE IN A PASTURE AND SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND PUTTING THE NOSE INTO THE GROUND WITH A TAIL HIGH ATTITUDE THEN COMING TO A REST WITH A HARD TAIL STRIKE.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE NOSE, WINGS AND TAILBOOM STRUCTURES.  NO INJURY TO THE SOLO PILOT.

## 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 WPR12CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA278), Jun 27, 2012: Schweizer SGS 1-36 (N3617U), Bishop, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The glider’s encounter with insufficient atmospheric lift to maintain soaring flight, which resulted in an off-airport landing.

## Other reports on N3617U (2)

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

- [Incident 20000603017789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000603017789I), Jun 3, 2000: Scwzer SGS136 (N3617U), Sparks, NV, Minor damage. (-23)The pilot landed off-airport. During roll out, the glider encountered a shallow trench, resulting I minor skin damage to the glider. Additional…
- [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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