- Date
- August 10, 1975
- Place
- Fowler, KS · FOWLER, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N371MKennedy-Wat KW-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750810023199A
- Case key
- 149875
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2097 75/8/10 FOWLER,KS KENNEDY-WAT KW-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 56 TOTAL TIME - 1310 N371M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENNEDY GLIDER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOWLER,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS REMARKS- ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE GLIDER FROM TOW PLANE.R WING WITH LIFT STRUTS SEPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N371M
- Reported as
- Kennedy-Wat KW-1
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kennedy Glider
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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.