- Date
- June 9, 1974
- Place
- Caddo Mills, TX · CADDO MILLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9159Sailplane HP14
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740609020479A
- Case key
- 128177
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1793 74/6/9 CADDO MILLS,TEX SAILPLANE HP14 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1035 TIME - 1500 N9159 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 560 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CADDO MILLS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CADDO MILLS,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- EXP SAILPLANE ON ACFT TOW.PLT ABRUPTLY PULLED BACK ON STICK.TAIL WHEEL JAMMED ELEV IN NOSE UP POS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9159
- Reported as
- Sailplane HP14
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Caddo Mills Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.