- Date
- August 30, 1970
- Place
- Winslow, AZ · WINSLOW, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N502DHP 11
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3539 70/8/30 WINSLOW,ARIZ HP 11 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N502D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 46, 85 TOTAL HOURS, 1 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINSLOW MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINSLOW,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- 2ND TOW.SHORTLY AFTER L/O GLIDER CARRIED VERTICALLY ALOFT.PLT RLSD DUE TOW PLANE STILL ON GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N502D
- Reported as
- HP 11
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Winslow Municipal
N502DRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2013 · Fleming Air Mate HP-11Airframe modelFleming Air Mate HP-11Engine modelNONE
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