- Date
- April 5, 1970
- Place
- Mena, AR · MENA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2705CSchieb L-SPTZ
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128743
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1713 70/4/5 MENA,ARK SCHIEB L-SPTZ CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 5730 TIME - 1130 N2705C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MENA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MENA,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ELEVATOR LEVER CAME LOOSE FM TORQUE TUBE,NOT LOCKED BY PLT.WNG SEPARATED FM FUSELAGE ON 2ND BOUNCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2705C
- Reported as
- Schieb L-SPTZ
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mena
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