- Date
- April 6, 1979
- Place
- Oviedo, FL · OVIEDO, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4AXSchleicher ASW-17
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790406006519A
- Case key
- 137569
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0646 79/4/6 NR.OVIEDO,FL SCHLEICHER ASW-17 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1356 TIME - 1630 N4AX PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINTER HAVEN,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4AX
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASW-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4AX · 1
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