Schweizer TG-3A N59432

26 December 1971 · Valley Mills, Texas, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 26 December 1971 at about 17:00 local time, a Schweizer TG-3A registered N59432 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Valley Mills, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 December 1971 at 17:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Valley Mills, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: Valley Mills
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer TG-3A
Registration: N59432
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Unknown/Not Reported
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3733

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PREMATURE RELEASE FROM AUTO TOW. STALLED DURING TIGHT 360 DEG PATTERN. PLT HAD 20 MIN IN TYPE ACFT

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3733, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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13 Jun 1971	Schweizer TG-3A N67532	Haleiwa, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Sky Surfing In	Minor injuries	-
12 Aug 1971	Schweizer TG-3A N67812	Waialua, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Skysurfing Inc	Fatal	1
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24 Jun 1968	Schweizer TG-3A N69064	Fremont, California, United States no coordinates	Orbiters Soari	No injuries	-

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