ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30617
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| Date: | Monday 10 July 1978 |
| Time: | 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Mini Nimbus HS 7 |
| Owner/operator: | Joseph B. Dodge Junior |
| Registration: | N557D |
| MSN: | 2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Sterling Airport, Sterling, Mass. -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sterling Airport (STK/KSTK) |
| Sterling Airport (STK/KSTK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Pilot exposed due to high temperatures during a cross country flight from Sterling Airport, Sterling, Mass (STK/KSTK). Pilot does not remember the occurence. The glider hit the trees on approach and crashed.
Registration N557D cancelled by the FAA on March 16, 1979
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: NYC78FNE26 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=40920&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=557D
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/mininim.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 December 1993 | VH-GOG | 0 | Warwick, QLD |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Jan-2010 03:11 | DColclasure | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2011 07:02 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2013 09:39 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 09-Jan-2017 17:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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