- Date
- May 24, 1975
- Place
- Hidden Hills, NV · HIDDEN HILLS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6LVLaister LP-15
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134582
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1155 75/5/24 HIDDEN HILLS,NV LAISTER LP-15 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 617 TIME - 1102 N6LV PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HIDDEN HILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HIDDEN HILLS,NV TONOPAH,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: GLIDER LAUNCH/TOW EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL GEAR.TOW ROPE PARTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6LV
- Reported as
- Laister LP-15
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hidden Hills
N6LVRegistration cancelled Feb 20, 1981 · Laister Sailplane LP-15Airframe modelLaister Sailplane LP-15
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.
Other investigations on N6LV · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.