# NTSB MIA68F0540: Schempp SHK, N801M, Brownsboro, AL, May 30, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: May 30, 1968
- Place: Brownsboro, AL · BROWNSBORO, AL
- Location: 34.7493° N, 86.4430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownsboro, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7493&lon=-86.4430&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110105
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68F0540
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68F0540

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1424  68/5/30    BROWNSBORO,ALA      SCHEMPP SHK         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 17, 13 TOTAL
        TIME - 1400                    N801M               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MOONTOWN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- USED DRAG CHUTE ON SPIN RECOVERY.FAILURE TO JETTISON CHUTE CAUSED GLIDER TO CRASH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N801M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N801M-2013-08-28), registration cancelled 2013-08-28, S/N 54, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMPP SHK
- Registry model: [Schempp-Hirth SHK1](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-shk1) (registry code 3801920) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Moontown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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