- Date
- March 20, 1966
- Place
- Wylie, TX · WYLIE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N163SSchemp Stauss
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174096
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0084 66/3/20 WYLIE TEX SCHEMP STAUSS CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1445 N163S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 43, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, 12 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCKWALL MUNICIPA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- HIGHLY EXPERIENCED GLIDER PILOT UNABLE TO AFFECT RECOVERY FROM STALL/SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N163S
- Reported as
- Schemp Stauss
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rockwall Municipa
N163SRegistration cancelled Jun 19, 1970 · Schempp-Hirth STANDARD AUSTRIA SAirframe modelSchempp-Hirth STANDARD AUSTRIA S
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