- Date
- April 22, 1973
- Place
- Fairfield, PA · FAIRFIELD, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7984Schleicher II
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730422010829A
- Case key
- 170498
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1298 73/4/22 FAIRFIELD,PA SCHLEICHER II CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 13 TOTAL TIME - 0945 N7984 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARNITA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRFIELD,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- DMGD FUSELAGE.WING ATTACH FITTINGS BENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7984
- Reported as
- Schleicher II
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Charnita
N7984Registration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Schleicher RHONLERCHE IIAirframe modelSchleicher RHONLERCHE IIEngine modelNONE
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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.