- Date
- July 15, 2026, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Montague, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N920KBSchleicher ASW-27
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Glider tow event
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 203408
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N920KB
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASW-27
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 27123
- Built
- 1999
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Glider tow · Part 91
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- SIY · Siskiyou County
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.
Weather
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KSIY
- METAR
- METAR KSIY 151853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW120 30/06 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP155 T03000061