ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69829
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Date: | Saturday 15 July 1995 |
Time: | 12:30 |
Type: | Schweizer SGS 12 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N8611R |
MSN: | |
Total airframe hrs: | 1892 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Durango, CO -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Durango, CO |
Destination airport: | Durango, CO |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:On July 15, 1995, at 1230 mountain daylight time, a Schweizer SGS 126B Glider, N8611R, sustained substantial damage during an off airport landing near Durango, Colorado. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this local area student solo training flight, and no flight plan was filed.
According to the pilot, he encountered weather conditions which caused a sink rate to develop and he could not find thermals for lift. He said he made an off airport landing in the only field within his gliding range and the glider struck a fence.
Sources:
NTSB Identification: FTW95LA305
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Nov-2009 03:39 |
DColclasure |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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