- Date
- October 7, 1978
- Place
- Warren, VT · WARREN, VT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90598Let-Np-K L-13
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781007041939A
- Case key
- 138030
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4155 78/10/7 WARREN,VT LET-NP-K L-13 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N90598 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 43, 711 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 23 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARREN-SUGARBUSH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARREN,VT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: GLIDER LAUNCH/TOW EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90598
- Reported as
- Let-Np-K L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warren-Sugarbush
N90598Registration cancelled May 17, 2013 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N90598 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.