- Date
- August 8, 2026, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Defining events
- Standing: Ground collisionLanding-landing roll: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 203567
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.
N9172T · Jonker Sailplanes JS3
N361KS · Schleicher ASK-21
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N9172T
- Reported as
- Jonker Sailplanes JS3
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 03-032
- Built
- 2019
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airport
- L94 · Mountain Valley Airport
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.
- Registration
- N361KS
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASK-21
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 21224
- Built
- 1984
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Registration Pending
- Registered owner
- Registration Pending
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
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- KTSP, 2 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KTSP 081955Z AUTO 32012G17KT 9SM CLR 35/04 A3013 RMK AO2