- Date
- July 28, 1983, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fairfield, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6BMBerkshire Concept 70
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830728036629A
- Case key
- 35243
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the apch, the plt encountered unfavorable wind conditions & the glider touched down long. In order to avoid an embankment beyond the end of the strip, the plt turned toward a parallel rwy overrun area. Subsequently, the left wing hit two 55 gal drums in a ditch bordering the overrun.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6BM
- Reported as
- Berkshire Concept 70
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 6
- Airframe hours
- 918
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard H. Farina
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1983
- Airport
- W73 · Mid Atlantic, runway 33, 2,684 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 11,562 total · 4 in this make and model · 11,207 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.