- Date
- April 17, 1973
- Place
- Carson City, NV · CARSON CITY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2423WSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730417008929A
- Case key
- 170638
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0889 73/4/17 NR.CARSON CITY,NEV SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 72 TOTAL TIME - 1250 N2423W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINDEN,NEV RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- RAN OUT OF LIFT ON X-C. R WG HIT POST LDG ON ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2423W
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2423WRegistration cancelled Sep 19, 2014 · Schweizer SGS 1-26BAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26BEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2423W · 1
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