# NTSB OAK72FJA05: Schweizer TG-3A, N67812, Waialua, HI, August 12, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 12, 1971
- Place: Waialua, HI · WAIALUA, HI
- Location: 21.5674° N, 158.1205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waialua, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.5674&lon=-158.1205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 3, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162732
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK72FJA05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72FJA05-162732

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3041  71/8/12    WAIALUA,HAWAII      SCHWEIZER TG-3A     CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 255
        TIME - 1655                    N67812              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DILLINGHAM AFB
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WAIALUA,HAWAII              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- PX SAID ACFT WAS HIT BY GUST,SHE SAW PLT FIGHTING CTLS,ACFT WENT INTO SPIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67812](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67812-1995-09-13), registration cancelled 1995-09-13, S/N 2 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER TG-3A
- Registry model: [Schweizer TG3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-tg3a) (registry code 8050902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Dillingham Afb

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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