- Date
- May 13, 1979
- Place
- Colorado Spr, CO · COLORADO SPR, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2739HSchweizer SGS135
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135766
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1526 79/5/13 NR.COLORADO SPR,CO SCHWEIZER SGS135 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 56 TIME - 1330 N2739H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTCLIFF,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- GLIDER-COLLIDED WITH ROCKS AFTER LOOSING THERMAL LIFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2739H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS135
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2739HRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 1-35CAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-35CEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N2739H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.