- Date
- July 8, 1972
- Place
- Richfield Spng, NY · RICHFIELD SPNG, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2429Schempp STD-CR
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166905
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2139 72/7/8 RICHFIELD SPNG,NY SCHEMPP STD-CR CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 333 TIME - 1330 N2429 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 81 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UN MAINTAIN THERMAL LIFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2429
- Reported as
- Schempp STD-CR
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2429Registered now · Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUSAirframe modelSchempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUSEngine modelNONE
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