# NTSB LAX82DXQ10: Broyill-Cowan-Murray BG12B, N612BG, Yerington, NV, May 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: May 22, 1982, 15:13 local (22:13 UTC)
- Place: Yerington, NV
- Location: 38.9555° N, 119.1101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yerington, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9555&lon=-119.1101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73107
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DXQ10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73107/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DXQ10

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - terrain condition - high terrain
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AT ABOUT 1315 PDT, THE PILOT DEPARTED ON A ROUND ROBIN CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MINDEN, NEVADA TO BRIDGEPORT CALIFORNIA AND RETURN. HE WAS PARTICIPATING IN A REGION II SOARING CHAMPIONSHIP (SPORT CLASS). ON THE RETURN LEG OF THE TRIP, THE PILOT WAS OSERVED MANEUVERING AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL. WHILE IN A STEEP TURN, HIS LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE GLIDER CARTWHEELED TO THE SURFACE. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF THE TRACK THAT THE PILOT WAS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW AND ABOUT 32 MILES FROM THE DESTINATION. THE ELEVATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS ABOUT 6500 FT MSL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N612BG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N612BG-2013-04-26), registration cancelled 2013-04-26, S/N 189, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BROYILL-COWAN-MURRAY BG12B
- Registry model: [Broyill-Cowan-Murray BG12B](https://openairdocs.org/model/broyill-cowan-murray-bg12b) (registry code 0564795) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider, amateur-built
- Serial number: 189
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: T. B. Broyhill
- Registered owner: T. B. Broyhill
- Departed: BRIDGEPORT, CA
- Destination: MINDEN, NV

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Temperature: 176 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820522017989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820522017989A), May 22, 1982: Amtr BG12B, Yerington, CA, Destroyed. Pilot misjudged height AGL while maneuvering at low altitude. Wingtip struck ground. Glider cartwheeled.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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