- Date
- July 7, 1979
- Place
- Elmira, NY · ELMIRA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N31812Briegleb BG-12
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790707016449A
- Case key
- 135253
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1931 79/7/7 ELMIRA,NY BRIEGLEB BG-12 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1545 N31812 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRIS HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELMIRA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- OBSVD IN STEEP TURN CLOSE TO GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31812
- Reported as
- Briegleb BG-12
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harris Hill
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.