- Date
- June 21, 1975
- Place
- Lecompte, LA · LECOMPTE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7308Tern Glider
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750621015029A
- Case key
- 148944
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1309 75/6/21 LECOMPTE,LA TERN GLIDER CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 129 TIME - 1400 N7308 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUMMERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LECOMPTE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LND IN BEAN FLD. ACFT NOT EQUIPPED WITH FLAPS,SPOILERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7308
- Reported as
- Tern Glider
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Summerville
N7308Registration cancelled Oct 16, 2012 · Spaulding TERNAirframe modelSpaulding TERNEngine modelNONE
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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.