# NTSB CHI77FEK19: Schweizer 1-35, N34291, Derwent, OH, May 18, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 18, 1977
- Place: Derwent, OH · DERWENT, OH
- Location: 39.9231° N, 81.5443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Derwent, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9231&lon=-81.5443&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 16, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147237
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI77FEK19
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEK19

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2277  77/5/18    DERWENT,OH          SCHWEIZER 1-35      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 53, 900
        TIME - 1800                    N34291              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMBRIDGE MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DAYTON,OH                   CAMBRIDGE,OH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL RETRACTABLE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N34291](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34291-2018-03-16), registration cancelled 2018-03-16, S/N 31, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 1-35
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-35](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-35) (registry code 8050148) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Cambridge Muni

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19770518020329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770518020329A), May 18, 1977: Scwzer SGS135, Derwent, OH, Substantial damage. Single wheel retractable.

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.

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