- Date
- May 2, 1981
- Place
- Moriarty, NM · MORIARTY, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51947Ica Brasov IS29D2
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810502021729A
- Case key
- 126178
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0780 81/5/2 MORIARTY,NM ICA BRASOV IS29D2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 191 TIME - 1350 N51947 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORIATRY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORIARTY,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD DWNDFT DRG DSCNT FOR LNDG.UN STRAIGHT-IN DNWND LNDG,GLIDER/PSNL ON RWY.LNDD ACROSS RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51947
- Reported as
- Ica Brasov IS29D2
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moriatry Muni
N51947Registration cancelled Dec 18, 2014 · I.C.A.-Brasov IS-28B2Airframe modelI.C.A.-Brasov IS-28B2Engine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N51947 · 1
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