- Date
- May 21, 1978
- Place
- Warrenton, VA · WARRENTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4736QSchreder HP-14
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141871
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1318 78/5/21 WARRENTON,VA SCHREDER HP-14 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 966 TIME - 1450 N4736Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARRENTON AIR PK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARRENTON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FCST FRONTAL PASSAGE.ENCOUNTERED XWIND GUST,EST 22KTS,ROLLED RT,RECOVERED,BUT UNABLE TO CLR TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4736Q
- Reported as
- Schreder HP-14
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warrenton Air Pk