- Date
- April 27, 1974
- Place
- Yerrington, NV · YERRINGTON, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17892Schweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740427012679A
- Case key
- 124341
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1237 74/4/27 NR.YERRINGTON,NEV SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2216 TIME - 1500 N17892 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING M RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YERRINGTON,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH BOULDER AFTER LOSING LIFT.LND IN FLD ADJACENT TO STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17892
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying M Ranch
N17892Registered now · Schweizer SGS 2-32Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-32Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.