- Date
- June 9, 1975
- Place
- Benton Tn, TN · BENTON TN, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90639Blanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750609015899A
- Case key
- 134589
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2279 75/6/9 BENTON TN BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 140 TIME - 1530 N90639 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHILHOWEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BENTON TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- PLT ACTUATED FLAP HANDLE INSTEAD OF SPOILER. TURNED ACFT TO AVOID GLIDER PARKED ON RWY.WHEEL EQPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90639
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chilhowee
N90639Registration cancelled Feb 7, 2018 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
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.
Other investigations on N90639 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.