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Date: | Sunday 17 February 1985 |
Time: | 14:55 |
Type: | Schweizer SGS 1-26E |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N33883 |
MSN: | |
Total airframe hrs: | 1316 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Reno, NV -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:STUDENT GLIDER PILOT WAS RIDGE FLYING IN THERMALS THEN LIFT DROPPED OFF. THE ACFT TURNED DOWNWIND, AWAY FROM RISING TERRAIN AND THE PLT MADE AN EMERGENCY OFF ARPT LANDING.
Sources:
NTSB Identification: SEA85LA059
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Dec-2009 08:15 |
DColclasure |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |