- Date
- June 28, 1975
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17871Schweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750628016349A
- Case key
- 149581
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1618 75/6/28 NR.LAS CRUCES,NM SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 2819 TIME - 1245 N17871 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUNLAND,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL HIT WASH OBSCURED BY GRASS. LND DUE LACK OF THERMALS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17871
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N17871Registration cancelled May 30, 2018 · Schweizer SGS 2-32Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-32Engine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N17871 · 1
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