- Date
- April 25, 1973
- Place
- North Adams, MA · NORTH ADAMS, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4705Cook Tern
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730425009739A
- Case key
- 190454
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1317 73/4/25 NORTH ADAMS,MASS COOK TERN CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1565 TIME - 1700 N4705 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRIMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH ADAMS,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- DROGUE CHUTE RELEASED PREMATURELY.RELEASE HANDLECABLE HOUSING HELD IN PLACE BY TAPE.WHEEL EQPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4705
- Reported as
- Cook Tern
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harriman
N4705Registration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · Cook Glider TERNAirframe modelCook Glider TERNEngine 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.