- Date
- June 14, 1969
- Place
- Blairstown, NJ · BLAIRSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6660DSchleicher K8B
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2905 69/6/14 BLAIRSTOWN,NJ SCHLEICHER K8B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 915 TIME - 1255 N6660D PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLAIRSTOWN,NJ MIDDLETOWN,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- GLIDER CONTEST.PLT SAW DITCHES,DECIDED TO LAND FURTHER AHEAD PULLED ACFT UP OVER TREES,STALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6660D
- Reported as
- Schleicher K8B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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