- Date
- July 28, 1968
- Place
- Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5830VSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2517 68/7/28 ADELANTO,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 271 TIME - 1352 N5830V PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- UNSCHEDULED LNDG DURING SOARING MEET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5830V
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Mirage
N5830VRegistration cancelled Feb 16, 2018 · Schweizer SGS 1-26BAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26BEngine modelNONE
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