- Date
- September 23, 1978
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ · PITTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N90861Blanik L-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780923029549A
- Case key
- 139789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2959 78/9/23 PITTSTOWN,NJ BLANIK L-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1610 N90861 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 45, 591 TOTAL HOURS, 236 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY MANOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSTOWN,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- DURING GLIDER TOW,THE GLIDER WAS REL AT 150 FT.THE GLIDER CONTD CLIMBING RT TURN.STALL SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90861
- Reported as
- Blanik L-3
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Manor
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N90861 · 1
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