- Date
- March 18, 1979
- Place
- Cypress, TX · CYPRESS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N100GHBlanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790318004929A
- Case key
- 137558
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0533 79/3/18 CYPRESS,TX BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 121 TIME - 1239 N100GH PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CYPRESS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CYPRESS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 170 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PILOT EXPERIENCED EARLY RELEASE OF GLIDER TOW ROPE AT 250 AGL. WIND GUSTING ABOUT 30KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100GH
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cypress
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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.