- Date
- June 6, 1970
- Place
- Portage, MI · PORTAGE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2218Schreder HP-14
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2427 70/6/6 PORTAGE,MICH SCHREDER HP-14 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 54 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N2218 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUSTIN LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTAGE,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SAILPLANE OBSVD SPINNING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2218
- Reported as
- Schreder HP-14
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Austin Lake
N2218Registration cancelled Mar 29, 1971 · Schreder Sailplane HP-14Airframe modelSchreder Sailplane HP-14
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.