ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69824
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 20-SEP-1996 |
| Time: | 1545 PDT |
| Type: | Grob G102 |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N22ZB |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Truckee, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Truckee, CA |
| Truckee, CA |
The Aero Commander 690, N840DC, collided with the Grob 102 glider, N22ZB, while climbing through 10,000 feet msl 4 miles south of the airport. The Aero Commander pilot had announced his departure on runway 28 on the unicom frequency of 122.8 Mhz while taxiing. After departing, the pilot turned left and was heading southeast in a climb. The glider had departed the airport about 1 hour earlier via aero tow and was orbiting left in a thermal. The glider pilot was monitoring the frequency 123.3 Mhz, an air-to-air frequency used by glider pilots. Moments before the collision, the Aero Commander pilot was tuning a navigation radio. He looked up and saw the glider in his windshield, but was unable to avoid the collision. The glider pilot never saw the Aero Commander. The left wing of the Aero Commander struck the left wing and fuselage of the glider about 9,800 feet msl. Both pilots were able to safely land their airplanes at the Truckee Airport after the collision.
Sources:
NTSB Identification: LAX96LA343B
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Nov-2009 03:16 | DColclasure | Added |
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