- Date
- April 28, 1979
- Place
- Southaven, MS · SOUTHAVEN, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N11NEEntwicklung C
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790428007229A
- Case key
- 136584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0739 79/4/28 SOUTHAVEN,MS ENTWICKLUNG C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N11NE PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 44, 142 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DESOTO COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTHAVEN,MS MARION,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT WITH TOW PLANE ON TKOF CAUSING PREMATURE RELEASE OVER TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11NE
- Reported as
- Entwicklung C
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Desoto County
N11NERegistration cancelled Nov 18, 1989 · Entwicklungsgemeinschaft PHOEBUS CAirframe modelEntwicklungsgemeinschaft PHOEBUS C
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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.