- Date
- June 10, 1990, 17:30 local (Jun 11, 1990, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wenatchee, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1696Briegleb BG-12B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900610019429A
- Case key
- 41209
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Probable cause
Pilot's improper inflight planning which resulted in the aircraft undershooting the runway. Factors in the accident were the high, gusty wind conditions.
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.
Analysis
The pilot flew too FAR in a VFR traffic pattern on the downwind leg to return to the runway for landing. The acft undershot the runway and impacted terrain off the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1696
- Reported as
- Briegleb BG-12B
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 169
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cascade Soaring Society
- Airport
- EAT · Wenatchee, runway 25, 1,100 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 798 total · 3 in this make and model · 748 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAT, 1 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.