- Date
- August 4, 1979
- Place
- Littlefield, TX · LITTLEFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N47775Tern II
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790804022479A
- Case key
- 134749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2213 79/8/4 LITTLEFIELD,TX TERN II CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 15, 17 TOTAL TIME - 1515 N47775 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LITTLEFIELD MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLEFIELD,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- WITNESS RPRT-GLDR OSCILLATED AFT TKOF,RELEASED FROM TOW ACFT,WING TIP HIT GND DRG TURN TWD ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47775
- Reported as
- Tern II
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Littlefield Muni
N47775Registration cancelled Aug 4, 1980 · Day-Schlimmer-Shaw MILLER-TERNAirframe modelDay-Schlimmer-Shaw MILLER-TERN
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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.