Plane Crash List

Schweizer SGS134 N7656

5 August 1974 · Helendale, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 August 1974 at about 18:00 local time, a Schweizer SGS134 registered N7656 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Helendale, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Helendale, California, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Schweizer SGS134
Registration
N7656
Category
Glider
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
El Mirage, Calif → Local
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-2402

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

LIFT WAS LOST.LNDD ON OPEN SANDY GRAVEL TERRAIN.LEFT WING HIT GRD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Schweizer SGS134 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
22 Oct 1975 Schweizer SGS134
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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
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Adelanto, California, United States
no coordinates
Douglas Soarin No injuries -
18 May 1975 Schweizer SGS134
N1171S
Colorado Spgs, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
Wave Flight In Minor injuries -
22 Apr 1973 Schweizer SGS134
N7626
Tehachapi, California, United States
no coordinates
Holiday Haven Minor injuries -
8 Aug 1975 Schweizer SGS134
N17973
Adelanto, California, United States
no coordinates
Douglas Soarin Serious injuries -

All 17 records for this type

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