# NTSB FTW73DQG06: Schweizer SGS123, N8607R, Odessa, TX, July 23, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 23, 1972
- Place: Odessa, TX · ODESSA, TX
- Location: 31.8457° N, 102.3676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Odessa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8457&lon=-102.3676&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168109
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW73DQG06
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DQG06

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8607R-1974-05-29), registration cancelled 1974-05-29, S/N 56 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS123
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-23H](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-23h) (registry code 8050110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ector County

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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