- Date
- July 18, 1972
- Place
- Lee Vining, CA · LEE VINING, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N11RBBolkow C
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2599 72/7/18 LEE VINING,CALIF BOLKOW C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 4610 TIME - 1500 N11RB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 238 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE VINING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINDER NEV MINDER NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HIGH HEAD WIND AND DOWNDRAFTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11RB
- Reported as
- Bolkow C
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lee Vining