- Date
- November 3, 1974
- Place
- Fredrick, MD · FREDRICK, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N301HGlasflugel H301B
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19741103038529A
- Case key
- 79847
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3499 74/11/3 FREDRICK,MD GLASFLUGEL H301B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 93 TOTAL TIME - 1202 N301H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREDRICK MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREDRICK,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- R WING FAILED WHERE WING SPAR ENTERS FUSELAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N301H
- Reported as
- Glasflugel H301B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fredrick Muni
N301HRegistration cancelled Jan 8, 1975 · Glasflugel H 301 B LIBELLEAirframe modelGlasflugel H 301 B LIBELLE
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.