# Accident 20160124001499A: Glines Kenneth TAILWIND W-8, Big Bear, CA, January 24, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2016, 19:30 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Airport: Big Bear City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2639° N, 116.8561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2639&lon=-116.8561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1983T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1983T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glines Kenneth TAILWIND W-8 (registry code 9790843, https://openairdocs.org/model/glines-kenneth-tailwind-w-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLINES KENNETH TAILWIND W-8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 150 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160124001499A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT IN THE SNOW COVERED FIELD BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY AT BIG BEAR AIRPORT (L35). AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER UPON TOUCDOWN. ONE POB, NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA121), Jan 25, 2016: Glines Kenneth Tailwind W 8 (N1983T), Big Bear, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent landing off the left side of the snow-covered runway, resulting in a ground loop and nose over.

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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