- Date
- July 4, 1977
- Place
- Ocotillo Wells, CA · OCOTILLO WELLS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2550HSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770704021389A
- Case key
- 146488
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1429 77/7/4 NR.OCOTILLO WELLS,CA SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 223 TIME - UNK/NR N2550H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCOTILLO WELLS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2550H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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