- Date
- May 20, 1971
- Place
- Greenup, IL · GREENUP, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8728RAer-Pegaso M-100S
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161913
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2153 71/5/20 GREENUP,ILL AER-PEGASO M-100S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 699 TIME - 1745 N8728R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HIGHLAND,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 72 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 285 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- UN MAINTAIN ALT DRG CROSS-COUNTRY FLT.L WING DRAGGED DRG LDG IN CORN FLD.WINDS OVR TREE LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8728R
- Reported as
- Aer-Pegaso M-100S
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8728RRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Avionautica Rio M-100SAirframe modelAvionautica Rio M-100SEngine modelNONE
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