- Date
- March 20, 1982, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6511DAirmate HP-10
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820320006449A
- Case key
- 70566
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
On the first flight since purchase of the aircraft, the pilot stated that he was released from the tow at 1700 ft AGL and climbed in a thermal to 2000 ft AGL where he allowed the aircraft to stall and spin. The pilot stated that he had difficulty in recovering and was not able to do so until he was at 400 ft AGL. After recovery the pilot executed a forced landing in rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6511D
- Reported as
- Airmate HP-10
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 666
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Morris J. Wright
- Registered owner
- Morris J. Wright
- Departed
- TA41 · El Paso, TX
- Destination
- TA41 · El Paso, TX
- Airport
- TA41 · Sunland
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 823 total · 4 in this make and model · 688 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.