- Date
- June 8, 1975
- Place
- Holidaysburg, PA · HOLIDAYSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8364Scheibe 55
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750608014549A
- Case key
- 149021
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1216 75/6/8 HOLIDAYSBURG,PA SCHEIBE 55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 100 TIME - 1215 N8364 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JULIAN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- DUE TO HIGH SINK RATE PLT MADE EMGCY LNDG OVERSHOT FLD.LOWERED WING INTO GRASS TO AVOID STEEP BANK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8364
- Reported as
- Scheibe 55
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8364Registration cancelled Jul 20, 2017 · Scheibe L SPATZ-55Airframe modelScheibe L SPATZ-55Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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