- Date
- May 25, 1974
- Place
- Adrian, MI · ADRIAN, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17612Schreder HP-11A
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740525013969A
- Case key
- 126376
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1525 74/5/25 ADRIAN,MICH SCHREDER HP-11A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1445 N17612 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LENAWEE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADRIAN,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- STALLED AFTR TOW RELEASE.FORWARD LEAD WEIGHT REMOVED BY PLT.BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE WORN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17612
- Reported as
- Schreder HP-11A
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lenawee County
N17612Registration cancelled Jun 27, 1974 · Preiss Heinrich K SCHREDER HP-11Airframe modelPreiss Heinrich K SCHREDER HP-11
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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.