- Date
- August 17, 1981
- Place
- Truckee, CA · TRUCKEE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9515Glasfugel H301
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810817050099A
- Case key
- 124585
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1797 81/8/17 TRUCKEE,CA GLASFUGEL H301 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 1039 TIME - 2005 N9515 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 744 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUCKEE-TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRUCKEE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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) UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NUMEROUS TSTMS WI 10 TO 50 MILE RADIUS OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9515
- Reported as
- Glasfugel H301
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Truckee-Tahoe
N9515Registration cancelled Jul 21, 1984 · Glasflugel H 301 LIBELLEAirframe modelGlasflugel H 301 LIBELLE
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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.