- Date
- August 9, 1973
- Place
- Tahoe, CA · TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5701Entwicklung Phoebs
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730809028889A
- Case key
- 188954
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2808 73/8/9 TAHOE,CALIF ENTWICKLUNG PHOEBS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 725 TIME - 1200 N5701 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUCHEE AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAHOE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- RELEASED TOW ON T/O RUN.HIT TAR POT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5701
- Reported as
- Entwicklung Phoebs
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Truchee Airport
N5701Registration cancelled Feb 1, 2013 · Bolkow PHOEBUS CAirframe modelBolkow PHOEBUS CEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5701 · 1
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