# NTSB FTW68D0278: Schweizer SGU-2, N10351, Big Spring, TX, September 30, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 30, 1967
- Place: Big Spring, TX · BIG SPRING, TX
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 14, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113762
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW68D0278
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68D0278

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3476  67/9/30    BIG SPRING,TEX      SCHWEIZER SGU-2     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1200
        TIME - 1630                    N10351              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MOSS CREEK G.PORT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-PREMATURE RELEASE OF TOW LINE,TOO LOW.
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        REMARKS- TURN TO AVOID FENCE,WING STRUCK GROUND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10351](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10351-2018-01-09), registration cancelled 2018-01-09, S/N 80, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGU-2
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGU 2-22C](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgu-2-22c) (registry code 8050608) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Moss Creek G.Port

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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