- Date
- June 1, 1969
- Place
- Elmira, NY · ELMIRA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5010Briegleb BG12
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171653
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2685 69/6/1 ELMIRA,NY BRIEGLEB BG12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 137 TIME - 1500 N5010 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELMIRA,NY TOWANDA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RIDGE SOARING,UN MAL WHEN WIND SUBSIDED.LNDD UPHILL DOWNWIND.WING STRUCK GND,FUSELAGE DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5010
- Reported as
- Briegleb BG12
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5010Registration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Briegleb BG-12BDAirframe modelBriegleb BG-12BDEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N5010 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.