ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65337
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| Date: | Friday 25 March 2005 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Glaser-Dirks DG-600/15 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N787T |
| MSN: | 6-3 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1560 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kent, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Marfa, TX (MRF) |
| Marfa, TX (MRF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 3,460-hour commercial glider pilot reported that, while soaring, he encountered poor thermal conditions and the glider began to lose altitude. The pilot observed a field by a ranch house and elected to land there. As the pilot approached the field, he observed high power lines at the approach end and a fence and shed at the far end of the field. When the glider was approximately 300 feet above ground level (agl), the pilot decided that the field would be an unsuitable place to land and turned approximately 270 degrees and executed a precautionary landing in the "best part of a bad area." When the glider was two to three feet agl, the left wingtip impacted a cactus. The glider then pivoted approximately 70 degrees, slid, and the right wing then impacted another cactus.
Probable Cause: The pilot's misjudgement of distance and altitude during a cross-country soaring flight. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20050418X00473&key=1
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2009 06:38 | David Colclasure | Added |
| 25-May-2013 20:01 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Dec-2017 08:00 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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