- Date
- July 10, 1978
- Place
- Sterling, MA · STERLING, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N557DSchemp HS7
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780710020149A
- Case key
- 140817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2335 78/7/10 STERLING,MA SCHEMP HS7 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 721 TIME - 1545 N557D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STERLING,MA STERLING,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 92 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT EXPOSED TO HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING CROSS COUNTRY FLT.PILOT DOES NOT REMEMBER OCCURRENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N557D
- Reported as
- Schemp HS7
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N557DRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 1979 · Schempp-Hirth MINI-NIMBUS HS7Airframe modelSchempp-Hirth MINI-NIMBUS HS7
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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