# NTSB Accident SEA00LA085
> **Schweizer SGS 1-35** · 2000-05-06 · SEASIDE, OR, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA00LA085
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21120
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-05-06
- **Location:** SEASIDE, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.849369, -123.570091
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schweizer
- **Model:** SGS 1-35
- **Registration:** N34173
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper decision to continue to a point where he could not be assured of reaching a safe landing-out site if he encountered an area of significant sink after departing his planned route of flight. Factors include downdrafts, terrain that contained no suitable landing sites, and trees at the location where the pilot found it necessary to execute a forced landing.

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