- Date
- October 8, 1978
- Place
- Cresaptown, MD · CRESAPTOWN, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CF-QJHSchemp Hirt Cirrus
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138186
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0013 78/10/8 CRESAPTOWN,MD SCHEMP HIRT CIRRUS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1315 CF-QJH PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, 200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 48 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STATE COLLEGE,PA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES HAZE 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- CF-QJH
- Reported as
- Schemp Hirt Cirrus
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage