- Date
- July 3, 1970
- Place
- Apopka, FL · APOPKA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6098VSchleicher KA-6CR
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2879 70/7/3 APOPKA,FLA SCHLEICHER KA-6CR CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 40, 330 TIME - 1315 N6098V PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCDONALD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHULUOTA,FLA UMATILLE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GLIDER MEET X-C CONTEST. ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT. CHOSE UNSUITABLE FLD. WEA BRIEF AT PLTS MEETING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6098V
- Reported as
- Schleicher KA-6CR
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcdonald
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