- Date
- March 21, 1971
- Place
- Moriarity, NM · MORIARITY, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2720ZSchweizer SGS-1
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160121
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0581 71/3/21 MORIARITY,N MEX SCHWEIZER SGS-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 300 TIME - 1445 N2720Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORIARITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORIARITY,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: BULKHEADS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- HI SPEED LOW PASS OVR ARPT,DRG PULL-UP PLT EXPD ACFT OSCILATIONS,LNDD OK.CAUSE BULKHEAD DMG UNKN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2720Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS-1
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moriarity
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