- Date
- June 1, 1969
- Place
- Edgewood, NM · EDGEWOOD, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1615Glasfugel H301B
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170875
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2301 69/6/1 EDGEWOOD,N MEX GLASFUGEL H301B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 16, 57 TOTAL TIME - 1240 N1615 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- UN MAINTAIN ALT,PLT MADE APCH TO ROAD,SAW ROAD SIGN TOO LATE,MADE INTNTL GR UP LDG IN ADJACENT FLD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1615
- Reported as
- Glasfugel H301B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1615Registration cancelled Dec 21, 2018 · Glasflugel H 301 B LIBELLEAirframe modelGlasflugel H 301 B LIBELLEEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N1615 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.