19880712031882A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Schemp DISCUS B · Minden, NV · July 12, 1988

Date: July 12, 1988 · 14:35 local
Place: Minden, NV
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N554T
NTSB investigation: NTSBSEA88LA128
Reported as: Schemp Discusb
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,290 total325 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N554TRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 1988 · Schempp-Hirth DISCUS BS/N 11 Airframe modelSchempp-Hirth DISCUS B

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What happened

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Collided with N130JB with both gliders in a thermal. Glider pilot bailed out. Other landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

COLLIDED WITH N130JB WITH BOTH GLIDERS IN A THERMAL. GLIDER PILOT BAILED OUT. OTHER LANDED SAFELY.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB SEA88LA128Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMinden, NVAcft were ascending in the same thermal during national soaring competition and collided in flight. N554T sustained loss of the horizontal tail in collision, followed by loss of control in flight. The pilot parachuted safely. N130JB sustained minor damage and…Jul 12, 1988 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

N130JBSchemp DiscusaAccident 19880712031881A · Minor damage