ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29668
Last updated: 5 October 2020
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| Date: | 31-AUG-1991 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Ventus b |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N901DH |
| C/n / msn: | 151 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mojave, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
While participatingin a glider contest, the pilot traveled for 17NM and reached the first turn point in the specified triangular course. The glider pilot was low, and the pilot attempted to land at a nearby airstrip. Witnesses observed the glider flying low. When the glider turned toward the approach end of the runway it lost altitude and collided with a dirt berm on the edge of the runway. The distcription of the gliders flight path was based upon witnesses statments. The pilot had no memory of the accident flight.
Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001212X17918&key=1
NTSB Identification: LAX91LA378
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Aug-2009 07:42 | harro | Updated |
| 02-Nov-2009 02:32 | DColclasure | Updated |
| 19-Jan-2012 14:20 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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