# NTSB LAX85FUG04: Briegleb Amature Built BG-12-BD, N2310B, Hemet, CA, June 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: June 15, 1985, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Location: 33.7341° N, 116.9968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hemet, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7341&lon=-116.9968&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24544
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85FUG04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24544/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FUG04

## Sequence of events

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

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)

## Analysis

IN WAS REPORTED THAT MR. CAMPBELL DEPARTED PERRIS AIRPORT, PERRIS, CA AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 PDT. IT IS UNKNOWN IN WHAT AREA HE WAS FLYING. MR. CAMPBELL WAS SIGHTED A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A FIELD NEAR 36875 MENLO STREET, HEMET, CA. A RIGHT TURN WAS MADE AND THE WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED BREAKING INTO SEVERAL PIECES. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE RIVERSIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL TRAUMA CENTERIN CRITICAL CONDITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2310B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRIEGLEB AMATURE BUILT BG-12-BD
- Category: Glider, amateur-built
- Serial number: 12-125
- Engines: NONE NONE unknown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William J. Campbell
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: L65, PERRIS, CA
- Airport: HMT, Hemet-Ryan

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; seat: center

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19850615025409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850615025409A), Jun 15, 1985: Amtrsl BRIEGLEBBG12, Hemet, CA, Destroyed. Right wing dipped, glider turned and impacted ground from 50 AGL. Cause unknown.

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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