Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Whiteley
On Aug 20, 8:41*am, Bob wrote:
I heard there was a stall spin on base to final fatality at the recent
Idhao flying get-together. *Anyone got any specifics? *Tough summer
for gliding!
BG-12b in FAA Friday Preliminary reports.
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 559Y Make/Model: EXP Description: EXP- BRIEGLEB BG-12B GLIDER
Date: 08/18/2011 Time: 2243
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: MOORE State: ID Country: US
DESCRIPTION
A GLIDER, AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 1-PERSON
ONBOARD FATALLY INJURED, MOORE, ID
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: 182253Z 21014G22KT10SM CLR 30/M01 A3003
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: BOISE, ID (NM11) Entry date: 08/19/2011
Having read the final report on an accident where I fly I no longer have much faith in the outcome of these investigations.
Walt