Schweizer SGS134 N7626

22 April 1973 · Tehachapi, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 22 April 1973 at about 14:45 local time, a Schweizer SGS134 registered N7626, operated by Holiday Haven, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Tehachapi, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 April 1973 at 14:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Tehachapi, California, United States
Nearest airport: Tehachapi
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer SGS134
Registration: N7626
Category: Glider
Operator: Holiday Haven
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1118

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	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

RETRACTABLE WHEEL EQUIPT.PLT ENTERED TFC PAT TOOLOW.LOW ON FINAL APCH.

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 3-1118, 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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Other Schweizer SGS134 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
5 Mar 1972	Schweizer SGS134 N7630	Rockwall, Texas, United States no coordinates	Southwest Soar	Serious injuries	-
5 Aug 1974	Schweizer SGS134 N7656	Helendale, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Oct 1975	Schweizer SGS134 CF-QPT	Glen, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	Southern Ontar	Minor injuries	-
1 Aug 1975	Schweizer SGS134 N7675	Prescott, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
15 Jun 1975	Schweizer SGS134 N7612	Adelanto, California, United States no coordinates	Douglas Soarin	No injuries	-
8 Aug 1971	Schweizer SGS134 N7607	Hilltown, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Philadelphia G	Serious injuries	-

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25 Mar 1973	Lake LA-4 N455	Key West, Florida, United States no coordinates	US Dept of INT	No injuries	-

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