- Date
- March 27, 1971
- Place
- Norfolk, MA · NORFOLK, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1663Slingsby T-53
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133021
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0104 71/3/27 NORFOLK,MASS SLINGSBY T-53 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 105 TIME - 1300 N1663 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORFOLK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: GLIDER LAUNCH/TOW EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WHEEL EQPD.AIRBORNE,TOW LINE BROKE ABT 350FT AGL.LNDD ON SHORT FLD,TREES ON END.FUSELAGE DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1663
- Reported as
- Slingsby T-53
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norfolk
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