- Date
- August 5, 1981
- Place
- Horseheads, NY · HORSEHEADS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5190Neukom S3
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810805047789A
- Case key
- 124169
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2908 81/8/5 HORSEHEADS,NY NEUKOM S3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 81 TIME - 1815 N5190 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRIS HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HORSEHEADS,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- RETRACTABLE SINGLE WHEEL LANDING GEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5190
- Reported as
- Neukom S3
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harris Hill
N5190Registration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · Neukom ELFE STANDARD S3Airframe modelNeukom ELFE STANDARD S3Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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