- Date
- May 23, 1979
- Place
- Llano, CA · LLANO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7605Schweizer SGS134
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790523012839A
- Case key
- 135335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2012 79/5/23 LLANO,CA SCHWEIZER SGS134 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 408 TIME - 1430 N7605 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LLANO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL.PREMATURE TOW RELEASE.WND GUSTING 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7605
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS134
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal Air
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7605 · 1
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