- Date
- May 12, 1974
- Place
- Del Piedra, CA · DEL PIEDRA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7753SSchweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740512010449A
- Case key
- 124419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1102 74/5/12 DEL PIEDRA,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 496 TIME - 1425 N7753S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WONDER VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEL PIEDRA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENCNTRD HEAVY SINK RATE ON DOWNWIND.IMMEDIATELY HEADED FOR RWY.HIT TREES 300 YDS SHORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7753S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wonder Valley
N7753SRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Schweizer SGS 1-26DAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26DEngine modelNONE
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