Concept 70 N44CW
19 July 1972 · Minden, Nevada, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 19 July 1972 at about 12:27 local time, a Concept 70 registered N44CW, operated by Indrebo.rucker, was involved in an accident during in flight near Minden, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:27
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Minden, Nevada, United States
- Nearest airport
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Concept 70
- Registration
- N44CW
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Indrebo.rucker
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2604
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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
SPEED REACHED RED LINE 120K IAS WHEN FLUTTER STARTED FOLLOWED BY RT THEN LEFT WING SEPARATION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Concept 70 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 1987 | Concept 70 | Durango, Colorado, United States | Donald E. Howard | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |