# NTSB OAK71FXQ04: Glasfugel Libele, N2349, Truckee, CA, July 18, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 18, 1970
- Place: Truckee, CA · TRUCKEE, CA
- Location: 39.3280° N, 120.1833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Truckee, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3280&lon=-120.1833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 3, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110550
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK71FXQ04
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71FXQ04

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2349), registered now, S/N 58, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASFUGEL LIBELE
- Registry model: [Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE](https://openairdocs.org/model/glasflugel-standard-libelle) (registry code 3800341) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe

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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