- Date
- June 22, 1980
- Place
- Katy, TX · KATY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- D7013Schemp Janus
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130325
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0003 80/6/22 KATY,TX SCHEMP JANUS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1523 D7013 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 21, 295 TOTAL HOURS, 10 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KATY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KATY,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 95 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD DWNDRFTS & HDWND FM TSTM WHILE RETURNING TO ARPT.HIT IRRIGATION LEVEE DRG LNDG NR ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- D7013
- Reported as
- Schemp Janus
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Katy