- Date
- October 4, 1969
- Place
- Easton, WA · EASTON, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1582Schemp SHK-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151925
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4124 69/10/4 EASTON,WASH SCHEMP SHK-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 221 TIME - 1415 N1582 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EASTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EASTON,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS PILOT-LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH RELEASE AREA. WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- AFT RELEASE,GLIDER ENCOUNTERED SEVERE DOWNDRAFTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1582
- Reported as
- Schemp SHK-1
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Easton
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