- Date
- April 12, 1980
- Place
- Llano, CA · LLANO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4472Schleicher ASW-12
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800412009689A
- Case key
- 131061
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0291 80/4/12 LLANO,CA SCHLEICHER ASW-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2546 TIME - 1715 N4472 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 429 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LLANO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED SINKING AIR MASS DRG FINAL APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4472
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASW-12
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal
N4472Registration cancelled Jul 11, 2005 · Schleicher AS-W12Airframe modelSchleicher AS-W12Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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