- Date
- January 12, 1974
- Place
- Piedra, CA · PIEDRA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3833ASchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740112002559A
- Case key
- 187171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0115 74/1/12 NR.PIEDRA,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1510 N3833A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 29, 837 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 85 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WONDER VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIEDRA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- OBS STATED NO VIOLENT MANEUVERS BFOR R WG SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3833A
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wonder Valley
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.