- Date
- August 19, 1981
- Place
- Oxford, MI · OXFORD, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3462Blanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810819050639A
- Case key
- 124022
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2771 81/8/19 OXFORD,MI BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0940 N3462 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 59, 1644 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 225 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VULTURES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXFORD,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- DRG SIM LAUNCH CABLE BRK,RLSD APRX 300FT AGL,STRUCK CABLE ON STEEP FINAL APCH,CABLE SPOOLING IN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3462
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vultures
N3462Registration cancelled Apr 16, 2013 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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