Schweizer SGS 1 35 N34107

Summary

On 1 September 2018 at about 21:00 local time, a Schweizer SGS 1 35 registered N34107 was involved in an accident near Burnet, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 September 2018 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Burnet, Texas, United States

Coordinates

30.7389, -98.2386

Aircraft

Schweizer SGS 1 35

Registration

N34107

Category

Glider

Year built

1975

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Briggs → Briggs

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA18CA557

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing and to use the Before Landing checklist.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot in the retractable-landing gear-equipped glider reported that, during flight, he could no longer find lift, so he selected a field for landing. During the approach, he did not use the Before Landing checklist, and he forgot to extend the landing gear. The glider landed on the lower fuselage and skidded across the grass surface before it collided with a barbed wire fence. The glider sustained substantial damage to the canopy, fuselage, and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the glider that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.