- Date
- September 4, 1979
- Place
- Casa Grande, AZ · CASA GRANDE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7797SSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790904024479A
- Case key
- 134782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2130 79/9/4 CASA GRANDE,AZ SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 9111 TIME - 1600 N7797S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 101 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UNKNOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARICOPA,AZ ELOY,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 105 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT STATED-LOST LIFT WHILE SOARING & HIT BUSHES DRG CRASH LNDG ON ROUGH DESERT TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7797S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Unknown
N7797SRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2018 · Schweizer SGS 1-26DAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26DEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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