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NYC70D0029

1969-06-14 · BLAIRSTOWN, New Jersey, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N6660D

Make / Model
SCHLEICHER K 8 B
Year of manufacture
1962 · 7 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19621215
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8CCDF

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHLEICHER K8B · N6660D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EY
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DY

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000136
Total time
400 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
915
Age
49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

URTHER AHEAD PULLED ACFT UP OVER TREES,STALLED.

Investigator remarks

GLIDER CONTEST.PLT SAW DITCHES,DECIDED TO LAND F

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/A/7 A
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2905. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2905.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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