Skip to content

NYC72DNC47

1972-05-23 · W.BRIDGEWATER, Vermont, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N1164

Make / Model
SCHLEICHER K 8 B
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660901
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A04561

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHLEICHER K8B · N1164
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
RUTLAND STATE
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000008542SH
Total time
351 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
104
Age
29

Investigator remarks

UN MAINTAIN LIFT.CRASHED DRG LOW ALT MANUEVER.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/45 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE 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 2240. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2240.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.