ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65449
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| Date: | Saturday 7 July 2007 |
| Time: | 14:55 |
| Type: |  Grob G102 Astir CS |
| Owner/operator: | Northern California Soaring Association |
| Registration: | N132SS |
| MSN: | 1286 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Truckee, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Truckee, CA (TRK) |
| Truckee, CA (TRK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The glider sustained damage during a hard landing. A wind gust was encountered during the glider pilot's landing flare and the glider rapidly descended from 2 to 3 feet above the runway until touching down hard, collapsing the main landing gear and breaking structural bulkheads in the fuselage. The pilot's approach to the runway had been uneventful and appeared normal until the landing flare, according to a certified flight instructor who witnessed the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a wind gust during landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20070815X01191&key=1
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jun-2009 10:38 | David Colclasure | Added |
| 28-Jun-2009 23:14 | DColclasure | Updated |
| 29-Jun-2009 02:16 | DColclasure | Updated |
| 29-Nov-2009 09:09 | Alpine Flight | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 04-Dec-2017 18:46 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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