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Aviation accident WPR12CA278
NONE · SCHWEIZER SGS 1-36 · 2012-06-27 · Bishop, CA, USA
Event
- NTSB number
WPR12CA278
- Event ID
20120628X44512
- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2012-06-27
- Location
- Bishop, CA, USA
- Coordinates
- 37.408054, -118.340553
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- SCHWEIZER
- Model
- SGS 1-36
- Registration
- N3617U
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 0
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The glider’s encounter with insufficient atmospheric lift to maintain soaring flight, which resulted in an off-airport landing.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown