- Date
- August 22, 1965
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2759ZSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201534
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0726 65/8/22 TEHACHAPI,CALIF. SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 15 TOTAL TIME - 1303 N2759Z PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEHACHAPI-KERN CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ACTION,LACK OF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 17 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- TAXIWAY PEDISTRIAN WAS STRUCK ON THE BACK BY THE LEFT WING TIP OF N2759Z.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2759Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Tehachapi-Kern Co
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