- Date
- February 13, 1972
- Place
- Dodge City, KS · DODGE CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N41FAMotor Spatz SF24
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2026 72/2/13 DODGE CITY,KANS MOTOR SPATZ SF24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N41FA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 60, 7839 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILROAD GARDENS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DODGE CITY,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ARPT LIES BTN RIVER LINED WITH TREES,AND A FLOOD DIKE.WINDS GUSTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41FA
- Reported as
- Motor Spatz SF24
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilroad Gardens
N41FARegistration cancelled May 11, 2010 · Scheibe SF-24A MOTORSPATZAirframe modelScheibe SF-24A MOTORSPATZEngine modelEvinrude STARFLITE
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.
Other investigations on N41FA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.