Gear-up landing Accident Schweizer SGS 1-35 N34107, Saturday 1 September 2018

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Date:	Saturday 1 September 2018
Time:	16:00
Type:	Schweizer SGS 1-35
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N34107
MSN:	50
Year of manufacture:	1975
Total airframe hrs:	989 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Burnet, TX - United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Briggs, TX (TX23)
Destination airport:	Briggs, TX (TX23)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

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.

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

Accident investigation: