# NTSB FTW66F0597: Schemp Stauss, N163S, Wylie, TX, March 20, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: March 20, 1966
- Place: Wylie, TX · WYLIE, TX
- Location: 33.0293° N, 96.5271° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wylie, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0293&lon=-96.5271&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174096
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66F0597
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66F0597

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0084  66/3/20    WYLIE TEX           SCHEMP STAUSS       CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1445                    N163S               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  43, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, 12
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCKWALL MUNICIPA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- HIGHLY EXPERIENCED GLIDER PILOT UNABLE TO AFFECT RECOVERY FROM STALL/SPIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N163S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N163S-1970-06-19), registration cancelled 1970-06-19, S/N 28 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMP STAUSS
- Registry model: [Schempp-Hirth STANDARD AUSTRIA S](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-standard-austria-s) (registry code 3801933) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Rockwall Municipa

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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