- Date
- June 12, 1974
- Place
- Midland, VA · MIDLAND, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N66SCGlasfugel H301B
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740612017849A
- Case key
- 125854
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1594 74/6/12 MIDLAND,VA GLASFUGEL H301B CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 246 TIME - 1400 N66SC PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 113 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREDERICK,MD WARRENTON,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER 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 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS HAZE 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- SOARING CONTEST,DRG STEEP TURN TO FINAL ENCTRD WIND SHEAR GLIDER STALLED ABT 50FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66SC
- Reported as
- Glasfugel H301B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N66SCRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 2010 · Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLEAirframe modelGlasflugel STANDARD LIBELLEEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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