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Aviation accident DEN99LA117
NONE · Schempp-Hirth VENTUS B/16.6 · 1999-07-11 · HOBBS, NM, USA
Event
- NTSB number
DEN99LA117- Event ID
20001212X19243- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 1999-07-11
- Location
- HOBBS, NM, USA
- Coordinates
- 32.730545, -103.159561
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- Schempp-Hirth
- Model
- VENTUS B/16.6
- Registration
- N176V
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- —
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning. Factors were the loss of thermal lift, the subsequent stall/spin, and the fence post that he impacted.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown