# Accident 20070809021289A: Sphrth VENTUSCM, Benton, CA, August 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2007, 14:30 local time
- Place: Benton, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8224° N, 118.4877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8224&lon=-118.4877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41BM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41BM-2008-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS CM (registry code 3800266, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-cm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH VENTUSCM
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070809021289A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE GLIDER IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND WAS DESTROYED AT APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FET MSL NEAR BOUNDARY PEAK IN THE INYO NATIONAL FOREST.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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