- Date
- April 7, 1977
- Place
- Fernley, NV · FERNLEY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8161Schneider ES-60
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770407009319A
- Case key
- 157477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0811 77/4/7 NR.FERNLEY,NV SCHNEIDER ES-60 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 494 TIME - 1500 N8161 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINDEN,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND 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 70 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8161
- Reported as
- Schneider ES-60
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8161Registration cancelled May 13, 2013 · Schneider ES60/II BOOMERANGAirframe modelSchneider ES60/II BOOMERANGEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.