- Date
- July 8, 1973
- Place
- Sparks, NV · SPARKS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N63494Nimbus III-B
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730708020429A
- Case key
- 189126
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2565 73/7/8 SPARKS,NEV NIMBUS III-B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 350 TIME - 1215 N63494 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIR SAILNG GLDRPT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPARKS,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-TOW ROPE FAILED TO RELEASE FOR UNDTRMD REASON AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: GLIDER LAUNCH/TOW EQUIPMENT REMARKS- AUTO/GLIDER TOW SYSTEM USED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63494
- Reported as
- Nimbus III-B
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Air Sailng Gldrpt
N63494Registration cancelled Aug 21, 1973 · Blalock Mitchell Design NIMBUS III BAirframe modelBlalock Mitchell Design NIMBUS III B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.