- Date
- March 5, 1972
- Place
- Rockwall, TX · ROCKWALL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7630Schweizer SGS134
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165807
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0592 72/3/5 ROCKWALL,TEX SCHWEIZER SGS134 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 26 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N7630 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCKWALL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKWALL,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- WHEEL EQUIPPED.CLOSE-IN,LOW DOWNWIND.UN ALIGN WITH RWY WITHOUT WING HITTING GND,CRASHED ON RAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7630
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS134
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rockwall