- Date
- April 27, 1986, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Minden, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6VSEiriavion PIK 20-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860427042939A
- Case key
- 40397
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Miscellaneous/other
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The cockpit canopy opened during takeoff roll. The glider became airborne and climbed to an alt of aprx 10 ft AGL before descending to ground impact in a nose low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6VS
- Reported as
- Eiriavion PIK 20-D
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 20609
- Airframe hours
- 200
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Thornequist, doing business as Soar Minden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1985
- Airport
- MEV · Douglas County Airport, runway 30, 5,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 164 total · 2 in this make and model · 98 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.