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Date: | Friday 11 July 1986 |
Time: | 17:00 |
Type: | Schleicher ASW 20B |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N26EE |
MSN: | 20689 |
Total airframe hrs: | 117 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Hobbs, New Mexico -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Hobbs, NM |
Destination airport: | Hobbs, NM |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed, Hobbs, New Mexico 11.07.1986: "THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS PARTICIPATING IN A GLIDER SOARING CONTEST WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING ON THE SECOND LEG OF THE FLIGHT WHEN HE RAN OUT OF THERMALS TO KEEP HIS GLIDER FLYING, AND HE WAS FORCED TO LAND PREMATURELY. ON A DOWNWIND TO BASE LEG, THE GLIDER STALLED, HIT TELEPHONE LINES, AND CRASHED."
Sources:
1.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/asw203.htm 2. NTSB Identification: DEN86LA200
3.
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=26EE Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
09-Dec-2009 02:51 |
DColclasure |
Updated |
18-Dec-2014 16:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:16 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
21-Dec-2016 19:20 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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