- Date
- April 1, 1973
- Place
- Friendswood, TX · FRIENDSWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2738ZSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730401006879A
- Case key
- 170410
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0619 73/4/1 FRIENDSWOOD,TEX SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1655 N2738Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 878 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOVER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRIENDSWOOD,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PILOT SOLOED IN GLIDER DAY PREVIOUS-WAS ON FIRST FLT IN TYPE INVOLVED.TURNED TO AVOID POWERLINES.
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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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2738Z · 1
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