- Date
- April 10, 1988, 16:00 local (Apr 11, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Saint Helena, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1NZEiriavion PIK 20D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880410013339A
- Case key
- 25983
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight departed vacaville gliderport on an aero tow. The plt intended to fly to calistoga, CA and return. After passing st. Helena, CA, the thermal activity began to decrease. The plt executed a 180 deg turn to return to vacaville. When the flt was over st. Helena, the thermal activity diminished further and the plt elected to execute a precautionary lndg in an open fld. The prevailing surface winds were from the north & the fld he selected sloped upward to the north. The plt landed to the north & during the landing rollout the glider struck a ditch which crossed the landing area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1NZ
- Reported as
- Eiriavion PIK 20D
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 20607
- Airframe hours
- 976
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Niedrauer, Jerome J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1987 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- CA58 · Vacaville, CA
- Destination
- CA58
- Airport
- 203
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 179 total · 112 in this make and model · 163 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1NZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.