Janus C D-7013
12 July 1980 · Hobbs, New Mexico, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 July 1980 at about 13:00 local time, a Janus C registered D-7013 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Hobbs, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hobbs, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Hobbs Industrial
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Janus C
- Registration
- D-7013
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Practice
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- E-0009
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
TOW PLT SAW SPOILERS EXTDD ON GLIDER DRG TKOF, UNMAINT A/S W EXTRA DRAG.RLSD GLIDER APRX 250FT AGL
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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