- Date
- September 5, 1966
- Place
- Johnson City, TN · JOHNSON CITY, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1304SSchleicher KA-6CR
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121436
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0697 66/9/5 JOHNSON CITY TENN SCHLEICHER KA-6CR CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1273 TIME - 1345 N1304S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 78 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- TURBULENCE NECESSITATED IMMEDIATE STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH.UNABLE TO REACH RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1304S
- Reported as
- Schleicher KA-6CR
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson City
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