- Date
- March 30, 1979
- Place
- Clearwater, FL · CLEARWATER, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N83ASBlanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790330005369A
- Case key
- 136971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0743 79/3/30 CLEARWATER,FL BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N83AS PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEARWATER EXEC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEARWATER,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83AS
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clearwater Exec
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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.