- Date
- January 28, 1968
- Place
- Sun City, CA · SUN CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2759ZSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111868
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0361 68/1/28 SUN CITY,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 400 TIME - 1400 N2759Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RAN OUT OF ALTITUDE ON X-COUNTRY FLT. WAITED TOO LATE TO SELECT AREA. LANDED ON CITY STREET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2759Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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