# NTSB LAX68D0062: Schweizer SGS126, N8608R, Halloran Spgs, CA, July 8, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 8, 1967
- Place: Halloran Spgs, CA · HALLORAN SPGS, CA
- Location: 35.3725° N, 115.8906° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Halloran Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3725&lon=-115.8906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 10, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115433
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68D0062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2296   67/7/8    HALLORAN SPGS,CAL   SCHWEIZER SGS126    CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 110
        TIME - 1730                    N8608R              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8608R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8608R), registered now, S/N 128, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS126
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-26A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26a) (registry code 8050116) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N8608R (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX67D0237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67D0237), Dec 26, 1966: Schweizer I-26 (N8608R), Torrey Pine, CA, destroyed

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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