- Date
- November 2, 1980
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO · GRAIN VALLEY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3783RMinibat 01
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801102078279A
- Case key
- 128413
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2934 80/11/2 GRAIN VALLEY,MO MINIBAT 01 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 68 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N3783R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAST KANSAS CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAIN VALLEY,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT RPRTD OVRCTLG IN PITCH DRG TKOF,TOW ROPE BCM SLACK,1 SIDE OF BRIDLE BCM DSCNCTD.RLSD,50FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3783R
- Reported as
- Minibat 01
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- East Kansas City
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.