Eiriavion PIK-20 N39RB

25 May 1980 · Tucson, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 May 1980 at about 14:55 local time, a Eiriavion PIK-20 registered N39RB was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Tucson, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 May 1980 at 14:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Tucson, Arizona, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Eiriavion PIK-20
Registration: N39RB
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1839

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DETERIORATION OF THERMALS DRG X-COUNTRY.ATMTD LNDG IN 800FT SCHOOL YARD.TCHDWN MIDDLE OF YARD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1839, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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