- Date
- May 7, 1977
- Place
- Spicewood, TX · SPICEWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N135SSAstir 1
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770507011019A
- Case key
- 158376
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0799 77/5/7 SPICEWOOD,TX ASTIR 1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 115 TIME - 1630 N135SS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPICEWOOD,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- UN MAINTAIN LIFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N135SS
- Reported as
- Astir 1
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N135SSRegistration cancelled Jan 9, 2019 · Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 ASTIR CSAirframe modelBurkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 ASTIR CS
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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.