- Date
- June 27, 1981
- Place
- Graniteville, VT · GRANITEVILLE, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30SPGlasflugel ST-LIB
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810627047099A
- Case key
- 124645
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2033 81/6/27 GRANITEVILLE,VT GLASFLUGEL ST-LIB CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N30SP PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING AGE 33, 255 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 155 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUGERBUSH,VT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- AREAS OF LIFT DETERIORATED ON X-COUNTRY.PLT RPRTD WND SHR,TREE TOP LVL.WND GSTG 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30SP
- Reported as
- Glasflugel ST-LIB
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N30SPRegistration cancelled May 18, 1992 · Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLEAirframe modelGlasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE
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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.