- Date
- March 10, 1984, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4221GSchleicher KA6CR
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840310005509A
- Case key
- 6332
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Analysis
The plt attempted a 360 deg turn prior to landing, while at a low altitude and crashed after aprx 150 to 180 degs of the turn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4221G
- Reported as
- Schleicher KA6CR
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 908
- Airframe hours
- 846
- Engine
- Unknown, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph Stellmack, Jr.
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 18, 1984 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- 9A9 · Marion, NC
- Airport
- 9A9 · Shiflet, runway 28, 3,600 × ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,900 total · 40 in this make and model · 3,700 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.