- Date
- June 29, 1980
- Place
- Winter Haven, FL · WINTER HAVEN, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N106ESchleicher KA6E
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800629024229A
- Case key
- 129585
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2078 80/6/29 WINTER HAVEN,FL SCHLEICHER KA6E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1235 N106E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILBERT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINTER HAVEN,FL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- COLLIDED W BLANIK L-13,N48052,CAUSING SUB DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N106E
- Reported as
- Schleicher KA6E
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gilbert Field
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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.