Motor Spatz SF24 N41FA

13 February 1972 · Dodge City, Kansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 February 1972 at about 15:30 local time, a Motor Spatz SF24 registered N41FA was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Dodge City, Kansas, 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: 13 February 1972 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Dodge City, Kansas, United States
Nearest airport: Wilroad Gardens
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Motor Spatz SF24
Registration: N41FA
Category: Glider
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2026

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

ARPT LIES BTN RIVER LINED WITH TREES, AND A FLOODDIKE.WINDS GUSTING.

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 3-2026, 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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