- Date
- March 15, 1975
- Place
- Lemont, PA · LEMONT, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1771RSchleicher KA6
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750315005069A
- Case key
- 148210
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0755 75/3/15 LEMONT,PA SCHLEICHER KA6 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N1771R PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 34, 277 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JULIAN,PA RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- MISSED CKPT,BECAME LOST.CAUGHT L WINGTIP ON LDG.WHL EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1771R
- Reported as
- Schleicher KA6
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.