ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240761
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| Date: | Saturday 29 August 2020 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Ventus b 16.6m |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N48DM |
| MSN: | 201 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lake Tahoe, offshore Kings Beach, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Truckee Airport, CA (TKF/KTRK) |
| Truckee Airport, CA (TKF/KTRK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Glider pilot made a ditching in Lake Tahoe after not being able to reach the airfield.
The sole pilot onboard the aircraft was not injured.
Sources:
https://snowbrains.com/glider-crashes-into-lake-tahoe-pilot-miraculously-uninjured/
https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:14239806720489::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:31-AUG-20,SCHEMPP+HIRTH
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N48DM
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/ventus.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Sep-2020 10:37 | glidertom | Added |
| 01-Sep-2020 10:41 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2020 10:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2020 10:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2020 12:49 | US_glider guy | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 01-Sep-2020 15:14 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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