- Date
- April 15, 1967
- Place
- Issaqua, WA · ISSAQUA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12940Briegleb BG-12B
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1210 67/4/15 NR.ISSAQUA,WASH BRIEGLEB BG-12B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 102 TIME - 1330 N12940 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISSAQUA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND 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 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT FLEW GLIDER AT LOW ALT OVER TERRAIN WITH NO SUITABLE LNDG AREA.LOST LIFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12940
- Reported as
- Briegleb BG-12B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Issaqua