- Date
- June 12, 1965
- Place
- Heber, UT · HEBER, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5053KGrasshopper D-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177377
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1427 65/6/12 HEBER UT GRASSHOPPER D-8 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N5053K PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEVER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS-INFLIGHT FAILURE OF AILERON BELCRANK HORNS PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- GLIDER STRUCK ROCK ON LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5053K
- Reported as
- Grasshopper D-8
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hever
N5053KRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2013 · Sargent Kenneth GRASSHOPPER D-8Airframe modelSargent Kenneth GRASSHOPPER D-8Engine modelNONE
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