- Date
- June 13, 1973
- Place
- Ionia, MI · IONIA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5318Schleicher KA6CR
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730613016619A
- Case key
- 190161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1736 73/6/13 IONIA,MICH SCHLEICHER KA6CR CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1745 N5318 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 111 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IONIA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IONIA,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STANDARD SINGLE WHEEL LANDING GEAR.ACFT BOUNCED T/D ABT 50FT W OF LDG AREA HIT TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5318
- Reported as
- Schleicher KA6CR
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ionia County
N5318Registration cancelled Apr 8, 2013 · Schleicher KA 6 CRAirframe modelSchleicher KA 6 CREngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.