# NTSB LAX71DUJ04: Schweizer SGS232, N2427W, Sentinel, AZ, June 10, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 10, 1971
- Place: Sentinel, AZ · SENTINEL, AZ
- Location: 32.8581° N, 113.2132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sentinel, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8581&lon=-113.2132&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 15, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162323
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX71DUJ04
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71DUJ04

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2802  71/6/10    SENTINEL,ARIZ       SCHWEIZER SGS232    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 353
        TIME - 1600                    N2427W              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 293 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ESTRELLA,ARIZ               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- ACFT BEING RCVRD BY TOW PICK-UP,PREV FRCD LDG.TOW PLANE HIT DIRT BNK,GLIDER RLSD DRG CLBOUT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2427W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS232
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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