ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65626
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| Date: | Saturday 3 December 2005 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Grob G103 Twin Astir |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4601M |
| MSN: | 3831 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Llano, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Llano, CA (46CN) |
| Llano, CA (46CN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After encountering downdrafts, the glider was damaged when the pilot landed on unsuitable brush-covered mountainous terrain. The commercial pilot had planned to take the fare-paying passenger on a 45-minute-long sightseeing ride. Downdrafts were encountered after soaring for nearly 30 minutes. The pilot was unable to cross over a mountain ridge and to get to the airport. The pilot landed on the brush covered mountainside in an uphill direction and at minimum speed.
Probable Cause: The flight's encounter with downdrafts. A contributing factor was the unsuitable vegetation-covered mountainous terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20060113X00080&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2009 07:17 | David Colclasure | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Dec-2017 11:35 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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