N34107

On September 01, 2018, a Schweizer SGS 1 35 (N34107) was involved in an incident near Burnet, TX. All 1 person aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing and to use the Before Landing checklist.

The pilot in the retractable landing gear-equipped glider, reported that during flight he could no longer find lift, and selected a field for landing. During the approach, he did not use the before landing checklist, and he forgot to extend his 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, the fuselage, and the rudder.

The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the glider that would have precluded normal operation.

This incident is documented in NTSB report GAA18CA557. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N34107.