- Date
- March 26, 1977
- Place
- Altoona, PA · ALTOONA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N96YEsslstyn RS-15
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770326006349A
- Case key
- 158024
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0912 77/3/26 ALTOONA,PA ESSLSTYN RS-15 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 296 TIME - 1500 N96Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JULIAN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96Y
- Reported as
- Esslstyn RS-15
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N96YRegistration cancelled Feb 2, 2001 · Esslstyn BRYAN AIRCRAFT RS-15Airframe modelEsslstyn BRYAN AIRCRAFT RS-15
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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