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NTSB accident investigation · Flug-Undfah DIA-18 · Latrobe, PA · May 13, 1974

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
May 13, 1974
Place
Latrobe, PA · LATROBE, PA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N1111HFlug-Undfah DIA-18
Status
Completed · report June 11, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19740513010459A
Case key
124268

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1251  74/5/13    LATROBE,PA          FLUG-UNDFAH DIA-18  CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 31, 789
        TIME - 1345                    N1111H              PX-  0  0  0  AIR SHOW/RACING           TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          AKRON,OHIO                  FREDERICK,MD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        REMARKS- LWR RUDDER ATTACH BOLT DISENGAGED,RUDDER SEPARATED.OTR PARTS MISSING.FURTHER DMG ON FORCED LDG.

Aircraft

Registration
N1111H
Reported as
Flug-Undfah DIA-18
Category
Glider
Engine
none
Damage
Substantial damage

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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.