- Date
- May 6, 1979
- Place
- Shirley, NY · SHIRLEY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48037Blanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790506010079A
- Case key
- 136130
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1017 79/5/6 SHIRLEY,NY BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N48037 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 62, 700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOKHAVEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHIRLEY,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- DRIFTED,HIT VASI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48037
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brookhaven
N48037Registration cancelled Apr 2, 2002 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N48037 · 1
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