- Date
- July 30, 1986, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hawthorne, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N141VSchempp-Hirth Nimbus Iiit
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860730038159A
- Case key
- 40466
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a 5 hour flight in the motorized glider during which the engine was utilized on several occasions the pilot returned to his destination. Upon arrival he executed a number of low passes over the runway for photographers. The pilot executed a fly by confident that enough fuel remained for the maneuver. During the pullup the remaining fuel was exhausted and the pilot executed a forced landing. No fuel gauge nor low fuel warning indicator was installed in the aircraft and the pilot had no way of accurately determining fuel remaining. The plts flying time was not reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N141V
- Reported as
- Schempp-Hirth Nimbus Iiit (NIMBUS III)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 3
- Engine
- Rotax 277, 28 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl D. Herold
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Flying 'M' Rnch, NV
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Observed at
- HTH, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.