- Date
- August 20, 1972
- Place
- Plymouth, MA · PLYMOUTH, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N11YABlanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111870
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0785 72/8/20 PLYMOUTH,MASS BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N11YA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLYMOUTH MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- GLIDER SETTLING TOO FAST ON FINAL.PLT INTNDD RETRACT FLAPS,RETRACTED SPOILERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11YA
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plymouth Mun
N11YARegistration cancelled Dec 31, 2014 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.