# NTSB OAK70DVW23: Schweizer 1-34, N7623, Bishop, CA, June 24, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 24, 1970
- Place: Bishop, CA · BISHOP, CA
- Location: 37.3672° N, 118.3989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bishop, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3672&lon=-118.3989&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 16, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120109
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70DVW23
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70DVW23

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2727  70/6/24  NR.BISHOP,CALIF       SCHWEIZER 1-34      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 200
        TIME - 1630                    N7623               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EL MIRAGE,CALIF             INYOKERN,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
        REMARKS- EXPERIENCED LOSS OF LIFT,LANDED OPEN FIELD,R WING HIT SAGEBRUSH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7623](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7623-2013-02-26), registration cancelled 2013-02-26, S/N 3, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 1-34
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-34](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-34) (registry code 8050146) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N7623 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX96LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA160), Apr 7, 1996: Schweizer SGS1-34 (N7623), Inyokern, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot misjudged altitude while maneuvering in mountainous terrain. Contributing factors were: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and the lack of available thermal lift over the rapidly…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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