- Date
- August 12, 1972
- Place
- Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7582Schweizer 1-26D
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2881 72/8/12 ADELANTO,CALIF SCHWEIZER 1-26D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 3274 TIME - 1242 N7582 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 241 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADELANTO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- HIT STEEL CABLE USED AS A TOW CABLE BETWEEN ANOTHER GLIDER(N5718S) AND A AUTOMOBILE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7582
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26D
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Mirage
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Other investigations on N7582 · 1
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