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OAK75DVW20

1975-05-24 · HIDDEN HILLS, Nevada, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N6LV has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6, built 2021), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LAISTER LP-15 · N6LV
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
HIDDEN HILLS
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000000N5
Total time
24 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
617
Age
53

Investigator remarks

SINGLE WHEEL GEAR.TOW ROPE PARTED.

Cause factors

  • 76/C/CE C
    INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES GLIDER LAUNCH/TOW EQUIPMENT Cause
  • 88/C/BL C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 83/K/F K
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1155. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1155.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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