- Date
- September 12, 1979
- Place
- Crystal City, CA · CRYSTAL CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1752Brieglab 12BD
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790912027279A
- Case key
- 133533
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2779 79/9/12 CRYSTAL CITY,CA BRIEGLAB 12BD CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 250 TIME - 1429 N1752 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL GLIDER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEHACHAPI,CA CRYSTAL CITY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1752
- Reported as
- Brieglab 12BD
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal Glider
N1752Registration cancelled Jul 11, 2013 · Farrell Lester BG-12BD FS-1Airframe modelFarrell Lester BG-12BD FS-1Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.