# Accident 19790309004399A: Schler KA6CR, Marion, NC, March 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: Marion, NC
- Airport: Shifflet
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6762° N, 82.0008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6762&lon=-82.0008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8614E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8614E-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher KA 6 CR (registry code 3801537, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-ka-6-cr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER KA6CR
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 20 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79DKM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DKM05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790309004399A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GLIDER STALLED AND SPUN INTO GROUND WHILE PILOT WAS CIRCLING FIELD FOR LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD79DKM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DKM05), Mar 9, 1979: Schleicher KA6CR (N8614E), Marion, NC, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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