- Date
- May 20, 1981
- Place
- Minden, NV · MINDEN, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7820DEiriavion PIK-20
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810520027069A
- Case key
- 125637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1385 81/5/20 MINDEN,NV EIRIAVION PIK-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 394 TIME - 1220 N7820D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 382 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINDEN,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: SPOILERS AND SLOTS-LEADING EDGE FLAPS,SPEED BRAKES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- R SPOILER EXTDD AFT TOW RLS FOR UNK REASON.EXTNDD L SPOILER TO STOP ROLL IN SAGE BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7820D
- Reported as
- Eiriavion PIK-20
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Douglas County
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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.