- Date
- May 27, 1973
- Place
- Ephrata, WA · EPHRATA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N245FGlasflugel H301B
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730527013909A
- Case key
- 189950
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2273 73/5/27 EPHRATA,WASH GLASFLUGEL H301B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N245F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 54, 1418 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 182 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EPHRATA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- AT ABT 50FT PLT PICKED ANOTHER FLD FOR LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N245F
- Reported as
- Glasflugel H301B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ephrata
N245FRegistered now · Glasflugel H 301 LIBELLEAirframe modelGlasflugel H 301 LIBELLEEngine modelNONE
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.