- Date
- April 24, 1981
- Place
- Chester, SC · CHESTER, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N15PESchempp STD CS
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810424018779A
- Case key
- 126217
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0718 81/4/24 CHESTER,SC SCHEMPP STD CS CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 51, 2649 TIME - 1210 N15PE PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 142 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESTER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTER,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- SPOILERS DEPLOYED.TOW PLT RLSD GLIDER TO AVOID COLLISION W PWR LNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15PE
- Reported as
- Schempp STD CS
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chester Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.