ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66128
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| Date: | Thursday 5 July 2007 |
| Time: | 16:17 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2c |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N11YD |
| MSN: | 76 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bridgeport - KXBP, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Truckee, CA (TRK) |
| Bridgeport, CA (O57) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The glider landed short of the runway after encountering unfavorable wind conditions. According to the pilot and data retrieved from an on-board data recorder, heavy sink was experienced while the pilot maneuvered in the pattern to land, which reduced the glide ratio from 50:1 to 10:1. With inadequate altitude to compensate for the sink, the glider impacted a berm in the rough terrain several hundred feet short of the runway, whereupon it nosed over.
Probable Cause: The pilot's encounter with an unfavorable wind and high sink rate conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20070808X01158&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2009 11:52 | DColclasure | Added |
| 20-Jan-2012 10:04 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 04-Dec-2017 18:44 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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