NTSB Identification: CEN12LA490
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, July 29, 2012 in Gregory, MI
Aircraft: SMITH APPLEBAY ZUNI II, registration: N1ZV
Injuries: 1 Serious.
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On July 29, 2012, at 1343 eastern daylight time, an experimental Smith Applebay Zuni II glider, N1ZV, sustained substantial damage when it impacted trees and terrain while on the downwind leg to runway 36 at the Richmond Field Airport (69G), Gregory, Michigan. The pilot, the sole occupant, received serious injuries. The glider was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed for the local flight which originated from 69G at 1329.
FAA IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 1ZV Make/Model: EXP Description: APPLEBAY ZUNI GLIDER
Date: 07/29/2012 Time: 1900
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Serious Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: GREGORY State: MI Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED ONTO A FIELD, NEAR GREGORY, MI
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Approach Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: DETROIT, MI (GL23) Entry date: 07/31/2012
An Ann Arbor man was injured in a glider crash over the weekend at Richmond Field in Unadilla Township.
Unadilla Township Police say a 66-year-old Ann Arbor man was airlifted by Survival Flight to the University of Michigan Hospital with leg and head injuries following the glider crash Sunday afternoon.
The pilot’s name and condition are currently unknown.
Unadilla Police and fire units were assisted by Pinckney Police after being called out to the southwest corner of the airfield at around 1:46pm following reports of a glider accident.
It remains under investigation but witnesses reported that the glider came in using an easterly approach, clipped some trees at the edge of the airfield and then flipped over and crashed. (JM)
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