Schweizer SGS134 N7612

15 June 1975 · Adelanto, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 June 1975 at about 16:00 local time, a Schweizer SGS134 registered N7612, operated by Douglas Soarin, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Adelanto, 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: 15 June 1975 at 16:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Adelanto, California, United States
Nearest airport: El Mirage
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer SGS134
Registration: N7612
Category: Glider
Operator: Douglas Soarin
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1389

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

RAN OUT OF LIFT. UN RET TO FLD. HIT IRRIGATION EQUIP.

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 3-1389, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
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	-
18 May 1975	Schweizer SGS134 N1171S	Colorado Spgs, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Wave Flight In	Minor injuries	-
8 Aug 1975	Schweizer SGS134 N17973	Adelanto, California, United States no coordinates	Douglas Soarin	Serious injuries	-
5 Aug 1974	Schweizer SGS134 N7656	Helendale, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Sep 1976	Schweizer SGS134 N7683	Minden, Nevada, United States no coordinates	East Bay Soari	No injuries	-

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