# NTSB ATL84FMG01: Schleicher KA6CR, N4221G, Marion, NC, March 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1984, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Marion, NC
- Coordinates: 35.679355, -82.000442 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6794&lon=-82.0004&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6332
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FMG01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6332/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FMG01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4221G-1984-06-21), registration cancelled 1984-06-21, S/N 908 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER KA6CR
- Registry model: [Schleicher KA 6 CR](https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-ka-6-cr) (registry code 3801537) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 908
- Airframe hours: 846
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840310005509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840310005509A), Mar 10, 1984: Schler KA6CR, Marion, NC, Substantial damage. Misjudged height and pattern. Stalled and crash landed short of the gliderport runway.

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.

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