- Date
- September 23, 1978
- Place
- Eighty Four, PA · EIGHTY FOUR, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12DQDuster BU-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780923029539A
- Case key
- 139801
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2976 78/9/23 EIGHTY FOUR,PA DUSTER BU-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1545 N12DQ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 51, 670 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BANDEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EIGHTY FOUR,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- GLIDER SINGLE WHEEL.CANOPY CAME OFF IN FLT.PLT LNDD HOLDING CANOPY DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12DQ
- Reported as
- Duster BU-18
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bandel
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.