Parker RS-15 SAILPLANE accident near Marysvale, UT
On July 17, 2010, a Parker RS-15 SAILPLANE (glider) was involved in an accident near Marysvale, UT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 17, 2010
- Place
- Marysvale, UT
- Aircraft
- Parker RS-15 SAILPLANE · Glider
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.428°N, 112.301°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100718X52929
Official records · WPR10LA356
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On July 17, 2010, about 1610 mountain daylight time (MDT), an experimental Parker RS-15 Sailplane, N15LQ, impacted a mountain near Marysvale, Utah. The private pilot/owner operated the glider under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91, as a personal flight. The pilot was fatally injured, and the glider sustained substantial damage. The flight departed Parowan Airport, Parowan, Utah, about 1245, and was joined with a group of three other gliders as it proceeded northbound. The pilot intended to return to Parowan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local area flight, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was a subject of a family concerned alert notice (ALNOT) issued on July 18 after the pilot failed to return at 2230. The Paiute County Sheriff's Department located the accident site about 0930 the following morning. The sheriff reported that the site was about 1 mile north of Bouillon Canyon, on the side of a 12,000-foot mountain. The glider was on a small plateau, inverted, at the 7,800-foot level on the side of a slope. The debris field consisted of glider components, which were all contained near the main wreckage. A handheld global position system (GPS) was recovered from the accident site and sent to the NTSB Vehicle Recorder Laboratory for examination and download. The GPS unit sustained impact damage, which prevented any recorded data from being recovered. Another glider pilot who was the last known person to speak to the accident pilot, reported that he and the accident pilot had made the northern turn at Salina, Utah, which was about 8
Probable cause
The glider's encounter with insufficient atmospheric lift to maintain soaring flight.
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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.
