- Date
- June 16, 1984, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Taos, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30118Scheibe Flugzeugbau Zugvogel Iiib
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840616024479A
- Case key
- 16404
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, the winds increased during a flt in a mountainous area & the thermal updrafts 'broke up.' While gliding back to the arpt, he encountered sinking air & was forced to make an emergency landing on rough, sage brush covered, terrain. This was the plt's first flt in a mountainous area at high elevations. The plt subsequently took three flts with a local plt experienced in mountainous flying. He suggested this type of training for plts with no previous mountainous flying experience before flying over mountainous terrain. The elevation of the crash site was about 7090 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30118
- Reported as
- Scheibe Flugzeugbau Zugvogel Iiib (ZUGVOGEL I)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 1102
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary Hungerford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1984
- Departed
- SKX · Taos, NM
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Flight hours
- 83 total · 43 in this make and model · 73 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.