# NTSB NYC70D0021: Briegleb BG12, N5010, Elmira, NY, June 1, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 1, 1969
- Place: Elmira, NY · ELMIRA, NY
- Location: 42.0934° N, 76.8096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elmira, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0934&lon=-76.8096&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 31, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171653
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC70D0021
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70D0021

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5010-2012-09-06), registration cancelled 2012-09-06, S/N RH-1, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRIEGLEB BG12
- Registry model: [Briegleb BG-12BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/briegleb-bg-12bd) (registry code 79001FG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider, amateur-built
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N5010 (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA78FYP31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYP31), Jun 11, 1978: Briegleb BF12BD (N5010), Ephrata, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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