- Date
- July 11, 1986, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hobbs, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N26EESchleicher ASW-20B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860711033979A
- Case key
- 17014
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt said that he was participating in a glider soaring contest when the accident occurred. He stated that he was flying on the second leg of the flt when he ran out of thermals to keep his glider flying, and he was forced to land prematurely. On a downwind to base leg, the glider stalled, hit telephone lines, and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26EE
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASW-20B
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 20689
- Airframe hours
- 117
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ernesto Estrada
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- HBB · Hobbs, 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,384 total · 600 in this make and model · 107 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.