Ab Sportine Aviacija GENESIS 2 accident near Minden, NV
On June 13, 1999, an Ab Sportine Aviacija GENESIS 2 (glider) was involved in an accident near Minden, NV. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 13, 1999
- Place
- Minden, NV
- Aircraft
- Ab Sportine Aviacija GENESIS 2 · Glider
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.010°N, 119.749°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19029
NTSB summary
On June 13, 1999, at 1320 hours Pacific daylight time, an AB Sportine Aviacija Genesis 2 glider, N240BG, collided with terrain following an uncontrolled descent immediately after takeoff at Minden, Nevada. The commercial glider pilot, the sole occupant and owner/operator of the aircraft, sustained fatal injuries. The glider was destroyed in the impact sequence. The purpose of the flight was to practice for an upcoming glider competition. The personal flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. A flight plan was not filed for the local flight and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. According to witnesses, as the glider began the takeoff roll, the horizontal stabilizer fell off the aircraft as soon as it began to roll. One eyewitness said he immediately called the pilot of the towing aircraft and told him to release the towrope. Approximately 100 feet agl, the glider pilot released the towrope and the glider dove toward the ground and came to rest inverted. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector from the Reno, Nevada, Flight Standards District Office, responded to the site and examined the glider. The Douglas County Sheriff's Department told the inspector that the stabilator was found on the runway near where the glider began the takeoff roll. The stabilator was picked up off the runway by a member of the sheriff's department and placed in a patrol car as evidence. The inspector interviewed the wife of the pilot at the scene. She told him this was the second season that her husband had flown this particular glider. She also s
Probable cause
The flight control stabilator becoming disconnected during the initial ground tow. Factors in the accident were the inadequate preflight by the pilot and communications with the pilot not possible.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
