- Date
- May 31, 1964
- Place
- Turnersfalls, MA · TURNERSFALLS, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N57541Laister LK10A
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183599
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0399 64/5/31 TURNERSFALLS MASS LAISTER LK10A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 500 TIME - 1545 N57541 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 178 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TURNERS FALLS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57541
- Reported as
- Laister LK10A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Turners Falls
N57541Registration cancelled Oct 2, 2021 · Laister-Kauffman LK-10AAirframe modelLaister-Kauffman LK-10AEngine modelNONE
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