- Date
- November 6, 1982, 10:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- North Conway, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81MPRolladen-Schneider LS-1D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821106057729A
- Case key
- 72034
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Forced landing
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
In flight collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
After a tow-release at about 2,000 ft the plt encountered a sink which eventually developed into about a 1,000 fpm sink. The acft struck a fence during the forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81MP
- Reported as
- Rolladen-Schneider LS-1D
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 108
- Airframe hours
- 508
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John A. Carter
- Registered owner
- John A. Carter
- Departed
- North Conway, NH
- Destination
- North Conway, NH
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 206 total · 151 in this make and model · 175 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.