- Date
- June 20, 1992, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Briggs, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6152Glasflugel 201B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920620047039A
- Case key
- 18521
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Probable cause
The inadvertent ground loop by the pilot. Factors were the downdraft and the rough/uneven terrain.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The glider encountered a downdraft and could not make it back to the glider strip. A forced landing was accomplished onto rough/uneven terrain. During the landing roll, the pilot inadvertently ground looped the glider.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6152
- Reported as
- Glasflugel 201B
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 121
- Airframe hours
- 1,209
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leiserowitz, William R.
- Registered owner
- Leiserowitz, William R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 1992 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 13 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.