- Date
- May 3, 1970
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1106 70/5/3 TEHACHAPI,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1335 N7793S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 45, 14190 TOTAL HOURS, 4 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLIDAY HAVEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEHACHAPI,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- L WG OF N7793S STRUCK L WG OF N7341. N7793S WAS IN L TURN,N7341 IN LEVEL FLT. UNCONTROLLED APT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1106 70/5/3 TEHACHAPI,CALIF SCHLEICHER K7 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 119 TIME - 1335 N7341 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLIDAY HAVEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEHACHAPI,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- BOTH ACFT HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM TOW SIMULTANEOUSLY ABOUT 3/4 MILES APART.N7341 L WG SEPARATED.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N7341
- Reported as
- Schleicher K7
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Holiday Haven
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N7793S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Holiday Haven
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.