Schweizer 1-26 N7754S

14 September 1981 · Sun City, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 14 September 1981 at about 15:45 local time, a Schweizer 1-26 registered N7754S, operated by Arizona Soarin, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Sun City, Arizona, 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: 14 September 1981 at 15:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Sun City, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport: Pleasant Valley
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer 1-26
Registration: N7754S
Category: Glider
Operator: Arizona Soarin
Operating rule: Unknown/Not Reported
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2994

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

PILOT STATED HE EXPERIENCED WIND SHEAR DURING LANDING ROLL.COLLIDED W ROCKS AT EDGE OF RWY.

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 3-2994, 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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