- Date
- September 5, 1988, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Salida, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N71949Glasflugel H-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880905036759A
- Case key
- 17384
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Witnesses said the acft was aprx 200 ft AGL on the downwind leg, but close in to the rwy as it returned to the arpt for landing. Acft entered a 60 deg right bank to base leg. Nose rose slightly and acft rolled inverted. Acft made one-half to three-quarters spin before impacting ground. There was no evidence of pre-impact failure of airframe or flt controls. VMC prevailed. Commercial plt was a student at the U.S. Air force academy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71949
- Reported as
- Glasflugel H-301
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 81
- Airframe hours
- 1,583
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rose/Mcneel
- Registered owner
- P. N. Rose & L. K. Mcneel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 27, 1988 · 230 hours before
- Departed
- S29 · Salida, CO
- Destination
- S29
- Airport
- S29 · Harriet Alexander, runway 6, 6,065 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 127 total · 14 in this make and model · 73 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- S29
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N71949 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.