- Date
- June 16, 1968
- Place
- Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N715SSZD 24-4A
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1834 68/6/16 AUSTIN,TEX SZD 24-4A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 686 TIME - 1500 N715S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TIMS AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOST LIFT.PLT LANDED IN ROUGH PLOWED FLD,DAMAGED FUSELAGE WHEN SKID DUG IN SOFT GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N715S
- Reported as
- SZD 24-4A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tims Airpark
N715SRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Szybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln SZD-24-4A "FOKA"-4Airframe modelSzybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln SZD-24-4A "FOKA"-4Engine modelNONE
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