# NTSB CHI67D0257: Sailplane BG-12, N8711R, Rising Sun, IN, September 7, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 7, 1966
- Place: Rising Sun, IN · RISING SUN, IN
- Location: 38.9539° N, 84.8531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rising Sun, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9539&lon=-84.8531&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121238
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67D0257
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67D0257

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8711R-1997-05-21), registration cancelled 1997-05-21, S/N 12035 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAILPLANE BG-12
- Registry model: [Marsh-Turner BRIEGLEB BG-12A](https://openairdocs.org/model/marsh-turner-briegleb-bg-12a) (registry code 79001V4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Rising Sun

## Other investigations on N8711R (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 NYC97LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA085), May 4, 1997: Marsh-Turner BG-12A (N8711R), Marion, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Disconnection of the elevator control rod which resulted in the loss of elevator control. A factor was failure to complete the required maintenance inspection.

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.

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