- Date
- May 12, 1973
- Place
- Plymouth, MA · PLYMOUTH, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12YABlanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730512013849A
- Case key
- 190539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1229 73/5/12 PLYMOUTH,MASS BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 279 TIME - 1345 N12YA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLYMOUTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- ACFT OPS MANUAL-BEST GLIDE SPEED 47MPH.STRONG WIND NML OR HVY SINK,ADD WIND SPEED TO GLIDE SPEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12YA
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plymouth
N12YARegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2012 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N12YA · 1
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