- Date
- July 23, 1972
- Place
- Odessa, TX · ODESSA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8607RSchweizer SGS123
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168109
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2677 72/7/23 ODESSA,TEX SCHWEIZER SGS123 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 600 TIME - 1600 N8607R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ECTOR COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ODESSA,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- GLIDER PLT,WHO HAD NEVER FLOWN IN TEXAS BEFORE,RAN OUT OF LIFT AND LANDED IN PASTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8607R
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS123
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ector County
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