- Date
- July 18, 1970
- Place
- Truckee, CA · TRUCKEE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2349Glasfugel Libele
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3195 70/7/18 TRUCKEE,CALIF GLASFUGEL LIBELE CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 528 TIME - 1248 N2349 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUCKEE-TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRUCKEE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- HIT GND AFTR TOW RELEASE.PLT STATED L AILERON UNHOOKED.ACFT NOT AVBL FOR INSPECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2349
- Reported as
- Glasfugel Libele
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Truckee-Tahoe
N2349Registered now · Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLEAirframe modelGlasflugel STANDARD LIBELLEEngine modelNONE
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