ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 44476
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Date: | Saturday 11 June 2005 |
Time: | 14:30 |
Type: | Aviastroitel AC-4B Russia |
Owner/operator: | Cascade Soaring Society, Inc. |
Registration: | N1198Z |
MSN: | 021 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Wenatchee, WA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Wenatchee, WA (EAT) |
Destination airport: | Wenatchee, WA (EAT) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot's instructor said that the student pilot had approximately 12 hours of flight experience over 18 training flights; he said that this was the student pilot's first flight in this make and model of aircraft. The student pilot was scheduled to fly a one hour flight. When he did not return, a search airplane departed and found the glider on the back side of a mountain ridge approximately 3 nautical miles from the airport. The tow-pilot that towed the glider airborne said that on the ground, the wind was variable from 240 degrees to 280 degrees at 11 to 13 knots. He further stated that the student "did a great job [on departure], he was in position all the time." The tow-pilot said that when he passed through 4,250 feet, the student released from the tow rope. He said that the "ridge lift" just northeast of the airport was "very good."
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | SEA05LA114 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20050616X00794&key=1 Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Oct-2008 00:45 |
ASN archive |
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22-Aug-2016 15:32 |
Alpine Flight |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
06-Dec-2017 10:13 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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