- Date
- February 17, 1979
- Place
- North Adams, MA · NORTH ADAMS, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12GTDuster BJ-1B
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790217003089A
- Case key
- 137329
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0394 79/2/17 NORTH ADAMS,MA DUSTER BJ-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N12GT PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 47, 1148 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 132 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRIMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH ADAMS,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- SAIL PLANE WHEEL EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12GT
- Reported as
- Duster BJ-1B
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harriman
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.