- Date
- October 22, 1978
- Place
- Cypress, TX · CYPRESS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N84ASLet-Np-K L-13
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781022034539A
- Case key
- 139064
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3201 78/10/22 CYPRESS,TX LET-NP-K L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 229 TIME - 1500 N84AS PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CYPRESS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CYPRESS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84AS
- Reported as
- Let-Np-K L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cypress
N84ASRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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