- Date
- August 9, 1975
- Place
- Caddo Mills, TX · CADDO MILLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5792SSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750809029799A
- Case key
- 150604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2824 75/8/9 CADDO MILLS,TX SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 6150 TIME - 1630 N5792S PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CADDO MILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CADDO MILLS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH 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- WG HIT GRND DRG TURN TO FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5792S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Caddo Mills
N5792SRegistration cancelled Jan 26, 2018 · Schweizer SGS 1-26DAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26DEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.