- Date
- July 14, 1966
- Place
- Wilbur, NE · WILBUR, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N454YPrue 215A
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178343
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2776 66/7/14 WILBUR NEBR PRUE 215A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1705 N454Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING AGE 51, 1900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 190 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILBUR MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 90 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SAILPLANE DISTANCE FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N454Y
- Reported as
- Prue 215A
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilbur Municipal
N454YRegistration cancelled Oct 24, 2007 · Anthony PRUE 215-AAirframe modelAnthony PRUE 215-AEngine modelNONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.