Schweizer SGS232 N5795S

31 August 1974 · Maricopa, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 31 August 1974 at about 06:00 local time, a Schweizer SGS232 registered N5795S, operated by Arizona Soarin, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Maricopa, Arizona, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 August 1974 at 06:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer SGS232
Registration: N5795S
Category: Glider
Operator: Arizona Soarin
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: 3-3164

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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.

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UN MAINTAIN LIFT.LND IN DESERT.

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 3-3164, 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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