# NTSB FTW69D0054: SZD 24-4A, N715S, Austin, TX, June 16, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 16, 1968
- Place: Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110378
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69D0054
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69D0054

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1834  68/6/16    AUSTIN,TEX          SZD 24-4A           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 56, 686
        TIME - 1500                    N715S               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TIMS AIRPARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- LOST LIFT.PLT LANDED IN ROUGH PLOWED FLD,DAMAGED FUSELAGE WHEN SKID DUG IN SOFT GROUND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N715S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N715S-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N W-295, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SZD 24-4A
- Registry model: [Szybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln SZD-24-4A "FOKA"-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/szybowcowy-zaklad-doswiadczaln-szd-24-4a-foka-4) (registry code 8821004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Tims Airpark

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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