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SEA67D0303

1967-04-15 · ISSAQUA, Washington, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N12940 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 172M, built 1973), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BRIEGLEB BG-12B · N12940
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
ISSAQUA
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time
30 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
102
Age
38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SUITABLE LNDG AREA.LOST LIFT.

Investigator remarks

PLT FLEW GLIDER AT LOW ALT OVER TERRAIN WITH NO

Cause factors

  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1210. Source file NTSB_1967_3_1210.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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