- Date
- July 5, 1973
- Place
- Fairfield, PA · FAIRFIELD, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3943Glasflugel H301
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730705020389A
- Case key
- 189545
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2027 73/7/5 FAIRFIELD,PA GLASFLUGEL H301 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 626 TIME - 1300 N3943 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 263 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARNITA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRFIELD,PA FAIRFIELD,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PILOT ELECTED TO LAND EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY TO KEEP RETREIVE SHORT,HIGH GRASS AT RUNWAY EDGE.WHEELS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3943
- Reported as
- Glasflugel H301
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Charnita
N3943Registration cancelled Nov 6, 2017 · Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLEAirframe modelGlasflugel STANDARD LIBELLEEngine 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.