- Date
- November 6, 1982, 13:48 local (21:48 UTC)
- Place
- Calistoga, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3682Schleicher ASW-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70103
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he forgot to connect the elevator control when he assembled the glider for the flight. He also stated that he did not become aware of this situation until he tried to use the control during takeoff. The aircraft crashed in a nose down attitude, bounced and hit again in a 30-40 degree nose down attitude before coming to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3682
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASW-20
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 93
- Airframe hours
- 250
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter M. Newgard
- Registered owner
- Peter M. Newgard
- Departed
- 058 · Calistoga, CA
- Destination
- 058 · Calistoga, CA
- Airport
- 058 · Calistoga Air Park, runway 10L, 2,006 × 120 ft, asphalt
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
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 2,288 total · 191 in this make and model · 2,267 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F