- Date
- August 5, 1974
- Place
- Helendale, CA · HELENDALE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7656Schweizer SGS134
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740805028219A
- Case key
- 134482
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2402 74/8/5 HELENDALE,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS134 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 405 TIME - 1800 N7656 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 133 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MIRAGE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SANDY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LIFT WAS LOST.LNDD ON OPEN SANDY GRAVEL TERRAIN.LEFT WING HIT GRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7656
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS134
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7656Registration cancelled Oct 29, 2009 · Schweizer SGS 1-34Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-34Engine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N7656 · 1
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