- Date
- June 17, 1967
- Place
- Heber City, UT · HEBER CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N91274Schleicher K8
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2078 67/6/17 HEBER CITY,UT SCHLEICHER K8 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 95 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N91274 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEBER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- GLIDER NOSED DOWN ROLLED LFT DURING WINCH TOW TAKEOFF ATTEMPT.NO WINCH TOW INSTRUCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91274
- Reported as
- Schleicher K8
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Heber
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