- Date
- May 22, 1977
- Place
- Moriarty, NM · MORIARTY, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N101ATAero Tek IV
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19770522037719A
- Case key
- 79339
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3791 77/5/22 NR.MORIARTY,NM AERO TEK IV CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 5000 TIME - 1445 N101AT PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORIARTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORIARTY,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - OTHER 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PROTOTYPE RACING GLIDER.WINGS SEPARATED.THERMAL STRENGTH IN AREA 200-1000FPM,POSSIBLY 1500FPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101AT
- Reported as
- Aero Tek IV
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Moriarty
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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