Accident · 2006-08-08
What the record says
- Event date
- 2006-08-08
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Schempp-Hirth Discus-2CT (N93FR)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's delayed decision to restart the glider's engine. A factor in the accident was a loss of thermal lift.
Source: NTSB case NYC06CA198Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.