- Date
- August 9, 1980
- Place
- Rabbit Dry Lk, CA · RABBIT DRY LK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N17916Schweizer SGS126
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800809036169A
- Case key
- 129955
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1656 80/8/9 NR.RABBIT DRY LK,CA SCHWEIZER SGS126 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 267 TIME - 1430 N17916 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RABBIT DRY LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RABBIT DRY LK,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 105 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- AUTO TOW FM DRY LK,ELEV 3000FT,TEMP 105DEG F.VEHICLE SLOW TO ACLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17916
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rabbit Dry Lake
N17916Registered now · Schweizer SGS 1-26EAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26EEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.