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SEA74FYA01

1973-07-07 · EAGLE, Idaho, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N88JM has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (LET BLANIK L-13), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHLEICHER ASW-15 · N88JM
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
TERTELING FIELD
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
320° / 8 kt
Temp
89° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000015132
Total time
90 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,072
Age
45

Investigator remarks

NOT GLIDER RATED.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/02 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Joint cause
  • 88/J/AQ J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2732. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2732.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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