- Date
- June 22, 1986, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Aguanga, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3885ASchweizer SGS 1-26C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860622027719A
- Case key
- 25197
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Analysis
A Schweizer sgs 1-26C glider collided with a wire fence while the plt was landing on a closed airstrip. The closed strip was marked with x's. several fences were stretched across the airstrip to control livestock. The pilot indicated that during flt, he had descended too low and was unable to find an area with suitable lift. He elected to land on the closed airstrip. He reported seeing a white 'x', but thought the closed strip was usable. On final approach, he noticed a series of fences crossing the closed strip. He landed past the 4th fence, hopped the 5th & struck the 6th fence at aprx 30 mph.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3885A
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 1-26C
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 050
- Airframe hours
- 355
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Warner Springs Soaring Center
- Registered owner
- Charles I. Klivans
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 6, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- CL35 · Warner Springs, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 709 total · 127 in this make and model · 664 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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