- Date
- September 3, 1966
- Place
- Lewisburg, TN · LEWISBURG, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1436MSchweizer TG-3A
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0768 66/9/3 LEWISBURG TENN SCHWEIZER TG-3A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N1436M PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 2000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 30 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELLINGTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- TOW PLT MADE EMERG RELEASE DUE PWR INTERRUPTION.PLT STATUS OF PX UNKNOWN.GLIDER HAD DUAL FLT CTLS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1436M
- Reported as
- Schweizer TG-3A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ellington
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