- Date
- September 5, 1978
- Place
- Chester, CA · CHESTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N711DPLibelle 201B
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780905024799A
- Case key
- 139954
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2071 78/9/5 CHESTER,CA LIBELLE 201B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 375 TIME - 1030 N711DP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTER,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL SAILPLANE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711DP
- Reported as
- Libelle 201B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chester
N711DPRegistration cancelled Jun 21, 2025 · Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201BAirframe modelGlasflugel STD LIBELLE 201BEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N711DP · 1
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