- Date
- April 10, 1971
- Place
- Minden, NV · MINDEN, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10364Schweizer SGS123
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4237 71/4/10 MINDEN,NEV SCHWEIZER SGS123 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 92 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N10364 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINDEN,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYPOXIA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- HI ALT FLT.GLIDER AT 19000 FT MSL SAW BREAK UP.OXYGEN SYS MALFUNCTION FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10364
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS123
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Douglas County
N10364Registration cancelled Sep 2, 1971 · Schweizer SGS 1-23H-15Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-23H-15
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Other investigations on N10364 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.