- Date
- September 7, 1966
- Place
- Rising Sun, IN · RISING SUN, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8711RSailplane BG-12
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121238
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2809 66/9/7 RISING SUN IND SAILPLANE BG-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 150 TIME - 1530 N8711R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RISING SUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8711R
- Reported as
- Sailplane BG-12
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rising Sun
N8711RRegistration cancelled May 21, 1997 · Marsh-Turner BRIEGLEB BG-12AAirframe modelMarsh-Turner BRIEGLEB BG-12A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
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