- Date
- August 15, 1982, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sparks, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1524Menees LP-49MS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820815070289A
- Case key
- 72659
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated he released from the tow plane at 1,200 ft AGL in a 200 fpm lift. Almost immediately he encountered a 1,000 fpm sink & immediately entered the pattern for a landing. He was unable to arrest the sink rate & the acft landed hard breaking off the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1524
- Reported as
- Menees LP-49MS
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1-9
- Airframe hours
- 293
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nevada Soaring Assoc. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Nevada Soaring Assoc. Inc.
- Departed
- NV23 · Sparks, NV
- Destination
- NV23 · Sparks, NV
- Airport
- NV23 · Air Sailing, runway 16, 7,100 × 150 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 303 total · 18 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 180 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.