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| Date: | Sunday 1 May 1983 |
| Time: | 11:27 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N21RB |
| MSN: | 14 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 435 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 mile SW of California City Municipal Airport, California City, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | California City, California (FAA LID: L71) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
WITNESSES REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF, THE GLIDER WAS BEING TOWED WHEN IT RELEASED AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL & ENTERED A LEFT TURN. THE TURN CONTINUED, THE BANK ANGLE INCREASED & THE GLIDER SUBSEQUENTLY HIT THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT. IMPACT OCCURRED IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN, LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT A RIGHT TURN WAS THE STANDARD PROCEDURE AFTER A RELEASE FROM A TOW. NO EVIDENCE OF A PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION OF THE GLIDER WAS FOUND, BUT ITS TOW HOOK WAS NOT LOCATED. THE TOW ROPE & TOW HOOK ON THE TOW PLANE WERE EXAMINED & NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. RESULTS OF MEDICAL & TOXICOLOGY EXAMINATIONS WERE NEGATIVE.
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: LAX83FA208 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001214X43012&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=21RB
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_City_Municipal_Airport
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ca/N21RB/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 May 2008 | N747JN | Private | 0 | Ephrata, Washington | |
sub |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
| 09-Jan-2017 18:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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