- Date
- November 7, 1981
- Place
- Altoona, PA · ALTOONA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3320XCarver HP-14B
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811107073019A
- Case key
- 122625
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3575 81/11/7 ALTOONA,PA CARVER HP-14B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1000 TIME - 1158 N3320X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JULIAN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3320X
- Reported as
- Carver HP-14B
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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