Schweizer SGS 1-26C accident near Tehachapi, CA
On June 23, 2000, a Schweizer SGS 1-26C (glider) was involved in an accident near Tehachapi, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 23, 2000
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA
- Aircraft
- Schweizer SGS 1-26C · Glider
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.119°N, 118.509°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X21276
NTSB summary
On June 23, 2000, at 1315 hours Pacific daylight time, a Schweizer SGS 1-26C, N2792Z, impacted terrain while on approach for landing at the Mountain Valley Airport, Tehachapi, California. The glider, owned and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, sustained substantial damage. The commercial glider pilot received fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions existed for the personal flight. A flight plan had not been filed. The local area soaring flight had departed from the Mountain Valley Airport at an unknown time on the day of the accident. A deputy from the Kern County Sheriff's department interviewed a witness to the accident. The witness observed the glider make a right turn from downwind to base and continue in a descending 360-degree turn until it impacted the ground. According to the airport manager, the glider had been delivered to the airport on June 6 or 7, 2000. The owner was observed to have reassembled the glider, and it had not been disassembled since that date. The airport manager indicated that the pilot soared at least once a week, if not more. Two days prior to the accident the pilot had told the owner he had had a "good flight." METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION A Safety Board investigator interviewed the airport manager, a certified weather observer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She stated that weather is recorded once a day at 1600. She surveyed the weather at 1315 the day of the accident, and reported that it was approximately 82 degrees Fahrenheit; winds were from 260 degrees at 12 knots; and th
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft speed and control while maneuvering to land.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
