- Date
- June 11, 1966
- Place
- Livermore, CA · LIVERMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3858ASchweiger SGS126N53265Pratt-Reid LNE-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171472
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0178 66/6/11 LIVERMORE CALIF PRATT-REID LNE-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 123 TIME - 1500 N53265 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMMINGBIRD HAVEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- PILOTS LOST SIGHT OF EACH OTHER>S GLIDER WHILE CLIMB IN SAME THERMAL N53265 BELOW OVERTOOK N3858A.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0178 66/6/11 LIVERMORE CALIF SCHWEIGER SGS126 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 293 TIME - 1500 N3858A PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 1 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMMINGBIRD HAVEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- PILOTS LOST SIGHT OF EACH OTHERS GLIDER WHILE CLIMB IN SAME THERMAL.N53265 BELOW OVERTOOK N3858A.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3858A
- Reported as
- Schweiger SGS126
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hummingbird Haven
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.
- Registration
- N53265
- Reported as
- Pratt-Reid LNE-1
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hummingbird Haven