- Date
- November 6, 1988, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vacaville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N129KSSchleicher ASK-21
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881106049459A
- Case key
- 26288
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During final approach, the glider collided with a fence. A witness stated that, 'the pilot simply let the glider get too low and too slow and hit a fence.' There were no mechanical problems reported prior to the accident. The pilot did not file an acdt report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N129KS
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASK-21
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 21275
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vacaville Aero Services Inc., doing business as Lagoon Valley Soaring
- Registered owner
- H&H Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- O45
- Airport
- 045 · Nut Tree, runway 1, 3,800 × 75 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.