- Date
- April 5, 1974
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1NVLet-Np-K L-13
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740405008099A
- Case key
- 186455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0709 74/4/5 PHOENIX,ARIZ LET-NP-K L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N1NV PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 26, 1926 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 7 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TURF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SIM ROPE BREAK AT LOW ALT. UN LND ON RWY DUE OTR ACFT. INTNTL STALL INTO 3 PRKD ACFT, SUB DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1NV
- Reported as
- Let-Np-K L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Turf
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.