- Date
- April 25, 1978
- Place
- West Valley, NY · WEST VALLEY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9417Schleicher ASK-14
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780425010699A
- Case key
- 142050
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1881 78/4/25 WEST VALLEY,NY SCHLEICHER ASK-14 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 65, UNK/NR TIME - 1255 N9417 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RILEY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST VALLEY,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GLIDER WAS EQUIPPED WITH A HIRTH ENGINE.WIND GUSTING TO 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9417
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASK-14
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Riley Field
N9417Registration cancelled Mar 23, 2018 · Schleicher ASK-14Airframe modelSchleicher ASK-14Engine modelHirth F10
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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