- Date
- June 6, 1970
- Place
- Friendswood, TX · FRIENDSWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2738ZSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2451 70/6/6 FRIENDSWOOD,TEX SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 223 TIME - 1455 N2738Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOVER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRIENDSWOOD,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- GOT TOO FAR DOWNWIND,UN RETURN TO ARPT.HIT PIPE HIDDEN IN TALL GRASS,ABANDONED OIL FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2738Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clover Field
N2738ZRegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Schweizer SGS 1-26BAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26BEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N2738Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.