- Date
- July 12, 1978
- Place
- Pelham, NH · PELHAM, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20WWMolina PIK-20
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780712022069A
- Case key
- 140804
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2581 78/7/12 PELHAM,NH MOLINA PIK-20 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1610 N20WW PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 41, 678 TOTAL HOURS, 105 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STERLING,NH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GLIDER BOUNCED INTO HIGH TENSION WIRES AFT FIRST TOUCHDOWN.WIND GUSTING TO 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20WW
- Reported as
- Molina PIK-20
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
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