- Date
- August 4, 1973
- Place
- Pepperell, MA · PEPPERELL, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93220Let Blanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730804024169A
- Case key
- 189272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2300 73/8/4 PEPPERELL,MASS LET BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0945 N93220 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 44, 6344 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 34 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPORTS CENTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEPPERELL,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 85 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENTERED DOWNWIND,WIND SHIFTED.PLT DID 180,THEN CHNGD MIND AGAIN.OVERSHOT FLD,HIT BUSHES AT DEP END
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93220
- Reported as
- Let Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sports Center
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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.