- Date
- October 4, 1972
- Place
- Oxford, MI · OXFORD, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3105Schleicher AS-K13
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169048
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2996 72/10/4 OXFORD,MICH SCHLEICHER AS-K13 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1212 N3105 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN WAGONER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXFORD,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- MISUSED SPOILERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3105
- Reported as
- Schleicher AS-K13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Van Wagoner
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